No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.

—Max Beerbohm

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About Max Beerbohm

Portrait of Max Beerbohm

Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (24 August 1872 – 20 May 1956) was an English essayist, parodist and caricaturist under the signature Max. He first became known in the 1890s as a dandy and a humorist. He was the drama critic for the Saturday Review from 1898 until 1910, when he...

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To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature.

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You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.

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

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