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Max Beerbohm
Beauty and the...
Beauty and the lust for learning have yet to be allied.
Source: Zuleika Dobson, Ch....
Men of genius...
Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which...
When hospitality becomes...
When hospitality becomes an art, it loses its very soul.
Source: Hosts and Guests,...
To give an...
To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than...
The loveliest face...
The loveliest face in all the world will not please you if you see it suddenly eye to eye, at a distance of half an...
It is a...
It is a fact that not once in all my life have I gone out for a walk. I have been taken out for walks; but that is...
It needs no...
It needs no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the...
I believe the...
I believe the twenty-four hour day has come to stay.
Source: A Christmas Garland,...
Pessimism does win...
Pessimism does win us some great moments.
Source: Hosts and Guests, 1920.
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The dullard's envy...
The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad...