I do not believe they are right who say that the defects of famous men should be ignored. I think it is better that we should know them. Then, though we are conscious of having faults as glaring as theirs,…

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

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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...

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.

Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way

Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way

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,...

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated

It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated

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...

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.

When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.

When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.

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.

Common sense and good nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life...

Common sense and good nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life...

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out...

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out...

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.

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....

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...

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...

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good...

Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good...