Max Beerbohm

Max Beerbohm

Sir Henry Maximilian "Max" Beerbohm (24 August 1872 – 20 May 1956) was an English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist best known today for his 1911 novel Zuleika Dobson.

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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 (1872–1956)

    It must be a moment of great satisfaction in your profession when the bolt is pulled, the noose tightens and you know that your murderer is done for.
    Arnold Phillips, Max Nosseck (1902–1972)

    I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.
    —Max Beerbohm (1872–1956)