Creative Quotations from . . .
Max Beerbohm
(1872-1956) born on
Aug 24
English "essayist, caricaturist, parodist". "The Incomparable Max wrote many elegant essays; the novel "Zuleika Dobson" 1911, and a pictorial volume of caricatures."
 
   
F
It is a fact that not once in all my life have I gone out for a walk. I have been taken out for walks; but that is another matter.

R
It needs no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul.
A
I believe the twenty-four hour day has come to stay.
N
Pessimism does win us some great moments.
K
The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: ""Going Out of a Walk.""
R: ""Zuleika Dobson," Ch. 4."
A: ""A Christmas Garland," 'Perkins and Mankind.'"
N: ""Hosts and Guests," 1920."
K: ""Zuleika Dobson.""



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