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

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...

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...

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...

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.

If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that...

If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that...

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....

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.

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...

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...

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.

A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her, but she can...

A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her, but she can...

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...

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

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

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

I don't know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God

I don't know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God

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...

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...

In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the enemy.

In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the enemy.

Success in marriage is much more than finding the right person; it is a matter...

Success in marriage is much more than finding the right person; it is a matter...

Before marriage a woman is pensive, after marriage, expensive

Before marriage a woman is pensive, after marriage, expensive

There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth...

There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth...