We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans.

Max Beerbohm
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More Quotes By Max Beerbohm
  1. Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs.

  2. I utilise all my spare moments. I've read twenty-seven of the Hundred Best Books. I collect ferns.

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

  4. 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.

  5. There is much to be said for failure. It is more interesting than success.

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