Max Beerbohm Quote

Reverence is a good thing, and part of its value is that the more we revere a man, the more sharply are we struck by anything in him (and there is always much) that is incongruous with his greatness.

Selected essays (ed. 1958)

Reverence is a good thing, and part of its value is that the more we revere a man, the more sharply are we struck by anything in him (and there is...

Reverence is a good thing, and part of its value is that the more we revere a man, the more sharply are we struck by anything in him (and there is...

Reverence is a good thing, and part of its value is that the more we revere a man, the more sharply are we struck by anything in him (and there is...

Reverence is a good thing, and part of its value is that the more we revere a man, the more sharply are we struck by anything in him (and there is...