The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

Topics: Originality Quotes, World Quotes

Love is what happens to a man and woman who don't know each other

Love is what happens to a man and woman who don't know each other

No man in his heart is quite so cynical as a well-bred woman.

No man in his heart is quite so cynical as a well-bred woman.

I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.

I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the...

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the...

It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost...

It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost...

Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a...

Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a...

Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.

Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but...

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but...

You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences

You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences

A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be...

A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be...

I do not believe they are right who say that the defects of famous men...

I do not believe they are right who say that the defects of famous men...

Tolerance is only another name for indifference

Tolerance is only another name for indifference

Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of...

Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of...

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love....

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love....

Tolerance is another word for indifference.

Tolerance is another word for indifference.

Writing is the supreme solace.

Writing is the supreme solace.

She writes like a loom, producing her broad rich fabric with hardly a thought of...

She writes like a loom, producing her broad rich fabric with hardly a thought of...

In all my writings my aim has been to spare sinners and assail sin

In all my writings my aim has been to spare sinners and assail sin