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.
Max BeerbohmNobody ever died of laughter.
Max BeerbohmMankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests.
Max BeerbohmOur hero's unreasoning rage was fed by a not unreasonable jealousy. It was clear to him that Zuleika had forgotten his existence. To-day, as soon as he had killed her love, she had shown him how much less to her was his love than the crowd's. And now again it was only the crowd she cared for. He followed with his eyes her long slender figure as she threaded her way in and out of the crowd, sinuously, confidingly, producing a penny from one lad's elbow, a threepenny-bit from between another's neck and collar, half a crown from another's hair, and always repeating in that flute-like voice of hers: "Well, this is rather queer!
Max BeerbohmOnly the insane take themselves seriously.
Max BeerbohmWhat a lurid life Oscar Wilde does lead - so full of extraordinary incidents. What a chance for the memoir writers of the next century
Max BeerbohmSome people are born to lift heavy weights,
some are born to juggle golden balls.
One is taught to refrain from irony, because mankind does tend to take it literally. In the hearing of the gods, who hear all, it is conversely unsage to make a simple and direct statement. So what is one to do? The dilema needs a whole volume to itself.
Max BeerbohmOnly mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs.
Max BeerbohmTags: humour
History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other."
[1880]
Tags: history historians repetition
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