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Max Beerbohm

Sir Henry Maximilian "Max" Beerbohm (London 24 August 1872 – 20 May 1956 Rapallo) was an English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist best known today for his 1911 novel Zuleika Dobson.

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

Tags: Giving, Give, Ways

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People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table.

Tags: Must, American, Start

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We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans.

Tags: Old, Wind, Gone

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To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature.

Tags: Peace, Science, Mind

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It seems to be a law of nature that no man, unless he has some obvious physical deformity, ever is loth to sit for his portrait.

Tags: Lady, Variable

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You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is always one who has failed to inspire sympathy in men.

Tags: Men, Woman, Kind

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As a teacher, as a propagandist, Mr. Shaw is no good at all, even in his own generation. But as a personality, he is immortal.

Tags: Good, Generation, Immortal

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There is much to be said for failure. It is much more interesting than success.

Tags: Successful, Reason, Maybe

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