Max Beerbohm ( 9 of 9 )
People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table.
People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table.
When hospitality becomes an art, it loses its very soul.
When hospitality becomes an art, it loses its very soul.
To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other read more
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.
The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.
The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.
It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality.
It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality.
I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul
I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul
The lower one's vitality, the more sensitive one is to great art.
The lower one's vitality, the more sensitive one is to great art.
I know of no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or read more
I know of no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.
