Every man who is high up likes to think that he has done it all himself, and the wife smiles and lets it go at that.

Quote by James M Barrie

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For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my...

For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my...

Life is a long lesson in humility.

Life is a long lesson in humility.

We are all of us failures, at least, the best of us are.

We are all of us failures, at least, the best of us are.

Let no one who loves be unhappy, even love unreturned has its rainbow.

Let no one who loves be unhappy, even love unreturned has its rainbow.

Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be...

Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be...

You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by; but some of...

You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by; but some of...

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.

Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in...

Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in...

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a...

A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a...

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

The most useless are those who never change through the years.

The most useless are those who never change through the years.

Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing...

Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing...

Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.

Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.

I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.

I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.

It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else.

It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else.

The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.

The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.

Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds.

Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds.

Everytime a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' there is a a little fairy...

Everytime a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' there is a a little fairy...

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.