...was good at bluffing. I had always to let food speak for itself. ' It's cheap ' was the only paean that in Soho's bad moments ever occurred to me, and...the richest and most munificent of men, pays much by cheque more light-heartedly than he pays little in specie. In restaurants I should have liked always...

...a generous person, but not necessarily a noble person, as illustrated in this sentence: " Everyone, even the richest and most munificent of men, pays...more lightheartedly than he pays little in specie." — Sir Max Beerbohm Similar words include altruistic, benevolent, philanthropic, and beneficent. MISANTHROPE...

...Vingtième where Max had his memorable lunch with Enoch Soames), " 'It's cheap' was the only paean that in Soho's bad moments ever occurred to me, and...was always larger than I had thought it would be." At his club, the Savile (to which he was elected in 1899), he had the "luxury" of signing for the bill...

...was good at bluffing. I had always to let food speak for itself. ' It's cheap ' was the only paean that in Soho's bad moments ever occurred to me, and...was always larger than I had thought it would be. Everyone, even the richest and most munificent of men, pays much by cheque more light-heartedly than...