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

Max Beerbohm Quotes

English - Actor August 24, 1872 - May 20, 1956

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

Dreams, American Dream

No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt. - Max Beerbohm

No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt. Max Beerbohm

Work, Doubt, Done

I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul. Max Beerbohm

Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Max Beerbohm

Best, Mediocrity, Trusted

There is much to be said for failure. It is much more interesting than success. Max Beerbohm

Success, Failure, Said

Anything that is worth doing has been done frequently. Things hitherto undone should be given, I suspect, a wide berth. Max Beerbohm

Doing, Done, Worth

To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine. Max Beerbohm

Pen, Brilliant, Give

People are either born hosts or born guests. - Max Beerbohm

People are either born hosts or born guests. Max Beerbohm

People, Born, Guests

When hospitality becomes an art it loses its very soul. Max Beerbohm

Art, Soul, Hospitality

A hundred eyes were fixed on her, and half as many hearts lost to her. Max Beerbohm

Eyes, Lost, Her

Some people are born to lift heavy weights, some are born to juggle golden balls. Max Beerbohm

People, Lift, Some People

I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable. Max Beerbohm

Me, Boy, Oxford

Of all the objects of hatred, a woman once loved is the most hateful. Max Beerbohm

Woman, Loved, Hatred

Nobody ever died of laughter. Max Beerbohm

Laughter, Nobody, Died

To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving. - Max Beerbohm

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

Best, Giving, Feel

Humility is a virtue, and it is a virtue innate in guests. Max Beerbohm

Humility, Virtue, Guests

The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. Max Beerbohm

Balance, Modesty, Popularity

Most women are not as young as they are painted. Max Beerbohm

Women, Young, Most

You will find my last words in the blue folder. Max Beerbohm

Words, Blue, You

To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people. Max Beerbohm

Man, People, Effect

The Non-Conformist Conscience makes cowards of us all. Max Beerbohm

Conscience, Us, Cowards

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. Max Beerbohm

Character, Deep, Thinking

One might well say that mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests. Max Beerbohm

Great, Well, Two

Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter. Max Beerbohm

Good, Better, Matter

To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature. Max Beerbohm

Nature, Instinct, Destroy

Incongruity is the mainspring of laughter. Max Beerbohm

Laughter, Incongruity

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