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