Common sense and good nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

Topics: Common Sense Quotes

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...

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best,...

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best,...

If people waited to know one another before they married, the world wouldn't be so...

If people waited to know one another before they married, the world wouldn't be so...

What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental...

What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental...

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches them tolerance.

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches them tolerance.

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...

I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than...

I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than...

A dictator must fool all the people all the time and there's only one way...

A dictator must fool all the people all the time and there's only one way...

Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have...

Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have...

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best,...

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best,...

Money is like a sixth sense - and you can't make use of the other...

Money is like a sixth sense - and you can't make use of the other...

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope...

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope...

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

There are two good things in life freedom of thought and freedom of action.

There are two good things in life freedom of thought and freedom of action.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated

It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated

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...

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi,...

And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi,...