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Max Beerbohm

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Some people are known for what they did; Max Beerbohm is known for what they said. With equal ease, Max Beerbohm moved between Nature and Dreams, finding connections others missed. Discover 11 of Max Beerbohm's most memorable quotes, ranging across Nature, Dreams, Women, Teacher, and Sympathy. As Max Beerbohm put it: "To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving."

“To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature.”

— Max Beerbohm

Nature

All Quotes by Max Beerbohm

“To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.”

— Max Beerbohm

Best

“There is much to be said for failure. It is much more interesting than success.”

— Max Beerbohm

Failure

“When hospitality becomes an art it loses its very soul.”

— Max Beerbohm

Art

“As a teacher, as a propagandist, Mr. Shaw is no good at all, even in his own generation. But as a personality, he is immortal.”

— Max Beerbohm

Teacher

“Most women are not as young as they are painted.”

— Max Beerbohm

Women

“We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans.”

— Max Beerbohm

Dreams

“People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table.”

— Max Beerbohm

Dreams

“It seems to be a law of nature that no man, unless he has some obvious physical deformity, ever is loth to sit for his portrait.”

— Max Beerbohm

Nature

“To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature.”

— Max Beerbohm

Nature

“You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is always one who has failed to inspire sympathy in men.”

— Max Beerbohm

Sympathy