Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter.
Max Beerbohm quote 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 quote Humility is a virtue, and it is a virtue innate in guests.
Max Beerbohm quote The Non-Conformist Conscience makes cowards of us all.
Max Beerbohm quote Anything that is worth doing has been done frequently. Things hitherto undone should be given, I suspect, a wide berth.
Max Beerbohm quote There is much to be said for failure. It is much more interesting than success.
Max Beerbohm quote To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.
Max Beerbohm quote To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.
Max Beerbohm quote Biography
English essayist
