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

Sometimes I feel that I am a natural born genius in a field of human endeavor that hasn't been invented yet

- Max Beerbohm

I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul.

- Max Beerbohm

Most women are not as young as they are painted.

- Max Beerbohm

History does not repeat itself. The historians repeat one another.

- Max Beerbohm

People are either born hosts or born guests.

- Max Beerbohm

Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs.

- Max Beerbohm

The one real goal of education is to leave a person asking questions.

- Max Beerbohm

To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.

- Max Beerbohm