The loveliest face in all the world will not please you if you see it suddenly eye to eye, at a distance of half an inch from your own.
Max BeerbohmReverence is a good thing, and part of its value is that the more we revere a man, the more sharply are we struck by anything in him (and there is always much) that is incongruous with his greatness.
Max BeerbohmTo mankind in general Macbeth and Lady Macbeth stand out as the supreme type of all that a host and hostess should not be.
Max Beerbohm