A man’s fate is his own temper.
Max Beerbohm – Zuleika Dobson
Learning from Failure
There is much to be said for failure. It is much more interesting than success.
Max Beerbohm – Zuleika Dobson
Time’s Mystery
Time! Time! What is time? The shadow on the dial, the striking of the clock, the running of the sand—day and night, summer and winter, months, years, centuries.
Max Beerbohm – Zuleika Dobson
Imaginative Foundation
All fantasy should have a solid base in reality.
Max Beerbohm – Zuleika Dobson
Resentful Solace
The dullard’s envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.
Max Beerbohm – Zuleika Dobson
Wealth and Folly
To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it.
Max Beerbohm – Zuleika Dobson
Crime Prevention
Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.
Max Beerbohm – Zuleika Dobson
Creative Struggle
No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.
Max Beerbohm – Zuleika Dobson
Silent Companionship
It is by muteness that a dog becomes for one so utterly beyond value; with him one is at peace.
Max Beerbohm – Zuleika Dobson
Friendship Flaws
We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.
Max Beerbohm – Zuleika Dobson