If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

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To write simply is as difficult as to be good

To write simply is as difficult as to be good

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...

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...

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....

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...

It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated

It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this,...

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this,...

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...

Genius is talent provided with ideals.

Genius is talent provided with ideals.

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to...

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to...

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.

Love is what happens to a man and woman who don't know each other

Love is what happens to a man and woman who don't know each other

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...

Love is only the dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.

Love is only the dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.

Beauty is a bit of a bore.

Beauty is a bit of a bore.

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.

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

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer

I don't know much about history, and I wouldn't give a nickel for all the...

I don't know much about history, and I wouldn't give a nickel for all the...

We are a nation called to defend freedom - a tradition that is not a...

We are a nation called to defend freedom - a tradition that is not a...