Max Beerbohm citáty

— Max Beerbohm
[http://books.google.com/books?id=NA0HAQAAIAAJ&q=%22The+NonConformist+Conscience+makes+cowards+of+us+all%22&pg=PA250#v=onepage "A Note on George the Fourth,"] The Yellow Book (October 1894) [http://books.google.com/books?id=OvlGAAAAYAAJ&q=%22The+Nonconformist+Conscience+makes+cowards+of+us+all%22&pg=PA63#v=onepage "King George the Fourth,"] The Works of Max Beerbohm (1896)

„I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.“

— Max Beerbohm
No. 2, The Pines (1914)

„As a teacher, as a propagandist, Shaw is no good at all, even in his own generation. But as a personality, he is immortal.“

— Max Beerbohm
Around Theatres, “A Cursory Conspectus of G.B.S” (1924)

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„To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.“

— Max Beerbohm
"1880" (1895) from The Works of Max Beerbohm (1896)[http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext99/twomb10.txt]

„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
Quia Imperfectum

„Strange, when you come to think of it, that of all the countless folk who have lived before our time on this planet not one is known in history or in legend as having died of laughter.“

— Max Beerbohm
Laughter (1920)

„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.“

— Max Beerbohm
Quia Imperfectum

Max Beerbohm citáty

Max Beerbohm

Citáty Max Beerbohm

„Ľudia, ktorí trvajú na tom, že vyrozprávajú svoje sny, patria k hrôzam raňajok.“

„Držať sa hoc aj zlého učiteľa, je pre mladých ľudí zdravé; utužuje to svaly.“

„O nezdare sa viac nahovorí. Je zaujímavejší ako úspech.“

„Zistite, že žena, ktorá je naozaj milá ku psom, je vždy tá, čo nedokázala vzbudiť sympatie v mužoch.“

„Ľahšie je priznať chybu, ako chváliť sa dobrou vlastnosťou.“

„Ženy väčšinou nie sú také mladé, ako sú namaľované.“

„Ešte som nepoznal geniálneho človeka, ktorý by nebol musel zaplatiť nejakým postihom alebo telesnou či duševnou chybou za to, čo mu bohovia dali.“

„Only the insane take themselves quite seriously.“

„A crowd, proportionately to its size, magnifies all that in its units pertains to the emotions, and diminishes all that in them pertains to thought.“

„The Nonconformist Conscience makes cowards of us all.“

„I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.“

„As a teacher, as a propagandist, Shaw is no good at all, even in his own generation. But as a personality, he is immortal.“

„To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.“

„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.“

„Strange, when you come to think of it, that of all the countless folk who have lived before our time on this planet not one is known in history or in legend as having died of laughter.“

„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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