Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter.
You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind-legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men. - Max Beerbohm
You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind-legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.
- Max Beerbohm
I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul. - Max Beerbohm
I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul.
Sometimes I feel that I am a natural born genius in a field of human endeavor that hasn't been invented yet - Max Beerbohm
Sometimes I feel that I am a natural born genius in a field of human endeavor that hasn't been invented yet
History does not repeat itself. The historians repeat one another. - Max Beerbohm
History does not repeat itself. The historians repeat one another.
Most women are not as young as they are painted. - Max Beerbohm
Most women are not as young as they are painted.
People are either born hosts or born guests. - Max Beerbohm
People are either born hosts or born guests.
Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs. - Max Beerbohm
Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs.
To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving. - Max Beerbohm
To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.
The one real goal of education is to leave a person asking questions. - Max Beerbohm
The one real goal of education is to leave a person asking questions.
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