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

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

Topics: Consequences Quotes, Misfortune Quotes, Mothers Quotes

A man who is a politician at forty is a statesman at three score and...

A man who is a politician at forty is a statesman at three score and...

The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous...

The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous...

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

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...

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...

Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too...

Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too...

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...

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.

Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Tolerance is only another name for indifference

Tolerance is only another name for indifference

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.

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...

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...

Beauty isn't about having a pretty face, it's about having a pretty mind, a pretty...

Beauty isn't about having a pretty face, it's about having a pretty mind, a pretty...

Beauty is merciless. You do not look at it, it looks at you and does...

Beauty is merciless. You do not look at it, it looks at you and does...

Chaos is the enemy of Order but the enemy of Chaos is also the enemy...

Chaos is the enemy of Order but the enemy of Chaos is also the enemy...