To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature.

Max Beerbohm Quotes

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

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

Nature, Instinct, Still

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

Balance, Delicate, Conceit

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

Some, Juggle, Heavy Weights

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

People are either born hosts or born guests. Max Beerbohm

Born, Either, Hosts

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

Mankind, Might, Divisible

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

Listening, Dream, Stop

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

Art, Soul, Very

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

Need, Dictionary, Quotations

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, Fine, Self-Sacrifice

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

Deep, Which, Quick

It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality. Max Beerbohm

Than, Confess, Defect

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, Law, Some

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

Doing, Been, Given

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

Always, Mediocrity, Trusted

Incongruity is the mainspring of laughter. Max Beerbohm

Laughter, Incongruity

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

Woman, Hatred, Most

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

Me, Oxford, Made

Nobody ever died of laughter. Max Beerbohm

Nobody, Ever, 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, Give, Given

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

Humility, Guests, Innate

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

Young, Most, Painted

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

Success, Failure, More

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

Blue, Last, Will

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

Other, Vain, Means

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

Conscience, Cowards, Makes

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

Mine, Give, Period

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