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

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

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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...

Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can...

Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can...

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....

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really...

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really...

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...

To write simply is as difficult as to be good

To write simply is as difficult as to be good

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.

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer

You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct

You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

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

In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.

In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.

Writing is the supreme solace.

Writing is the supreme solace.

Tolerance is another word for indifference.

Tolerance is another word for indifference.

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...

When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most...

When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most...

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature...

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature...

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,...

I had a lot of success from the start. I never really was tested for...

I had a lot of success from the start. I never really was tested for...

But when the prayer is ended, then disperse abroad in the land and seek of...

But when the prayer is ended, then disperse abroad in the land and seek of...