Quotes by Sir Max Beerbohm

Sir Max Beerbohm

British Actor

Lived from: 1872 - 1956

Category: Movie Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 24 august 1872 Died: 20 may 1956

  • One might well say that mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests.
  • She was one of those people who said ''I don't know anything about music, but I know what I like.''

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  • To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people. A conceited man is satisfied with the effect he produces on himself.
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  • There is much to be said for failure. It is more interesting than success.
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  • Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter.
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  • I was a modest, good-humored boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.
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  • Nobody ever died of laughter.
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  • One might well say that mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests.
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  • Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best.
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  • She was one of those people who said ''I don't know anything about music, but I know what I like.''
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  • The Non-Conformist Conscience makes cowards of us all.
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  • To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.
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What are the most famous quotes from Sir Max Beerbohm?

The two most famous quotes from Sir Max Beerbohm are:

  • "To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people. A conceited man is satisfied with the effect he produces on himself."
  • "There is much to be said for failure. It is more interesting than success."

When did Sir Max Beerbohm live?

Sir Max Beerbohm was born in 1872 and died in the year 1956.