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Nobody ever died of laughter.
Written by Max Beerbohm
To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.
Written by Max Beerbohm
Humility is a virtue, and it is a virtue innate in guests.
Written by Max Beerbohm
The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.
Written by Max Beerbohm
Most women are not as young as they are painted.
Written by Max Beerbohm
There is much to be said for failure. It is much more interesting than success.
Written by Max Beerbohm
You will find my last words in the blue folder.
Written by Max Beerbohm
Anything that is worth doing has been done frequently. Things hitherto undone should be given, I suspect, a wide berth.
Written by Max Beerbohm
To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people.
Written by Max Beerbohm
The Non-Conformist Conscience makes cowards of us all.
Written by Max Beerbohm
Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size people up.
Written by Max Beerbohm
One might well say that mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests.
Written by Max Beerbohm
To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.
Written by Max Beerbohm
Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter.
Written by Max Beerbohm
Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best.
Written by Max Beerbohm
To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature.
Written by Max Beerbohm
People are either born hosts or born guests.
Written by Max Beerbohm
Incongruity is the mainspring of laughter.
Written by Max Beerbohm
All fantasy should have a solid base in reality.
Written by Max Beerbohm
When hospitality becomes an art it loses its very soul.
Written by Max Beerbohm
It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality.
Written by Max Beerbohm
Of all the objects of hatred, a woman once loved is the most hateful.
Written by Max Beerbohm
No Roman ever was able to say, 'I dined last night with the Borgias'.
Written by Max Beerbohm
A hundred eyes were fixed on her, and half as many hearts lost to her.
Written by Max Beerbohm
Some people are born to lift heavy weights, some are born to juggle golden balls.
Written by Max Beerbohm
No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.
Written by Max Beerbohm
People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table.
Written by Max Beerbohm
I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul.
Written by Max Beerbohm
We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans.
Written by Max Beerbohm
You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is always one who has failed to inspire sympathy in men.
Written by Max Beerbohm

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