What did Max Beerbohm mean by: No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt. - Max Beerbohm Satirist and caricaturist · England Copy
+ Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Feraz Zeid, August 31, 2023December 24, 2023, Max Beerbohm, Character, Judging, 0 - Max Beerbohm Satirist and caricaturist · England
+ Heroes are very human, most of them; very easily touched by praise. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Max Beerbohm, Hero, Human, Praise, 0 - Max Beerbohm Satirist and caricaturist · England
+ The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024February 19, 2024, Max Beerbohm, Past, 0 - Max Beerbohm Satirist and caricaturist · England
+ Only the insane take themselves seriously. Feraz Zeid, September 8, 2023December 24, 2023, Max Beerbohm, Godly, Insane, Insanity, 0 - Max Beerbohm Satirist and caricaturist · England
+ One might well say that mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Max Beerbohm, Class, 0 - Max Beerbohm Satirist and caricaturist · England
+ The Socratic manner is not a game at which two can play. Feraz Zeid, October 31, 2023December 26, 2023, Max Beerbohm, Games, 0 - Max Beerbohm Satirist and caricaturist · England
+ I prefer that laughter shall take me unawares. Only so can it master and dissolve me. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Max Beerbohm, Laughter, Masters, Take Me, 0 - Max Beerbohm Satirist and caricaturist · England
+ The critic who justly admires all kinds of things simultaneously cannot love any one of them. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Max Beerbohm, Admire, Criticism, 0 - Max Beerbohm Satirist and caricaturist · England
In art as in life the valid sacrifices are those that bring no income. - Jean Rostand Biologist · France
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
The most amiable people are those who least wound the self-love of others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The best way to get on in the world is to make people believe it’s to their advantage to help you. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Is art worth dying for? Well I don’t know a single inanimate object that’s worth dying for. - George Clooney Actor · USA
The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art. Explain - Leonardo da Vinci Painter · Italy
If self-knowledge is the road to virtue, so is virtue still more the road to self-knowledge. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
