Sir Max Beerbohm quotes and words of wisdom

"It seems to be a law of nature that no man ever is loth to sit for his portrait."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"Incongruity is the mainspring of laughter."
Found in the topic Laugh.

"To destroy is still the strongest instinct in our nature."
Found in the topic Nature.

""I don"t", she added, "know anything about music, really. But I know what I like"."
Found in the topic Music.

"All fantasy should have a solid base in reality."
Found in the topic Fantasy.

"Of all the objects of hatred, a woman once loved is the most hateful."
Found in the topic Hate.

"I have known 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."
Found in the topic Genius.

"The past is a work of art, full of irrelevancies and loose ends."
Found in the topic History.

"Most women are not so young as they are painted."
Found in the topic Woe.

"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."
Found in the topic Conceit.

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