Max Beerbohm - People Quotes

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Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size people up.

Max Beerbohm

She was one of the people who say 'I don't know anything about music really, but I know what I like.'

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People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table.

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

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It is doubtful whether the people of Southern England have even yet realized how much introspection there is going on all the time int he Five Towns.

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She was one of those people who say "I don't know anything about music really, but I know what I like."

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People seem to think there is something inherently noble and virtuous in the desire to go for a walk.

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