What did Max Beerbohm mean by: One might well say that mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests. Max Beerbohm Satirist and caricaturist · England Copy
It distresses me, this failure to keep pace with the leaders of thought, as they pass into oblivion. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Max Beerbohm, Failure, Progress, Regret, 0 Max Beerbohm Satirist and caricaturist · England
A quiet city is a contradiction in terms. It is a thing uncanny, spectral. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Max Beerbohm, Contradiction, 0 Max Beerbohm Satirist and caricaturist · England
The critic who justly admires all kinds of things simultaneously cannot love any one of them. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Max Beerbohm, Appreciation, Criticism, Love, 0 Max Beerbohm Satirist and caricaturist · England
+ The lower one’s vitality, the more sensitive one is to great art. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Max Beerbohm, Art, Sensitivity, Vitality, 0 Max Beerbohm Satirist and caricaturist · England
+ Beauty and the lust for learning have yet to be allied. Author, August 21, 2023January 2, 2025, Max Beerbohm, Beauty, Desire, Learning, 0 Max Beerbohm Satirist and caricaturist · England
Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Max Beerbohm, Clarity, Prioritization, Wisdom, 0 Max Beerbohm Satirist and caricaturist · England
There is much to be said for failure. It is more interesting than success. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Max Beerbohm, Exploration, Perspective, Resilience, 0 Max Beerbohm Satirist and caricaturist · England
We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Max Beerbohm, America, Dreams, Listening, 0 Max Beerbohm Satirist and caricaturist · England
The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
My mistake was assuming that when I got to college, people would not be such assholes. Jennifer Echols Author
Every way of classifying a thing is but a way of handling it for some particular purpose. William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
