# Quote — Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson

> Just as "pluck" comes of breeding, so is endurance especially an attribute of the artist. Because he can stand outside himself, and (if there be nothing ignoble in them) take pleasure in his own sufferings, the artist has a huge advantage over you and me.

- Author: [Max Beerbohm](https://www.leafyquotes.com/max-beerbohm.md)
- Book: [Zuleika Dobson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/max-beerbohm/zuleika-dobson.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/max-beerbohm/zuleika-dobson/just-as-pluck

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> He was too much concerned with his own perfection ever to think of admiring any one else.

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