176 Quotes by Max Beerbohm

Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best

The lower one's vitality, the more sensitive one is to great art.

All fantasy should have a solid base in reality.

Most women are not as young as they are painted.

To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people.

The literary gift is a mere accident - is as often bestowed on idiots who have nothing to say worth hearing as it is denied to strenuous sages.

It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality.

I prefer that laughter shall take me unawares. Only so can it master and dissolve me.

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