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

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

Topics: Age Quotes, Imagination Quotes

Men are passionate, men are weak, men are stupid, men are pitiful; to bring to...

Men are passionate, men are weak, men are stupid, men are pitiful; to bring to...

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but...

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but...

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.

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....

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...

A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be...

A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be...

To write simply is as difficult as to be good

To write simply is as difficult as to be good

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...

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

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.

It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the...

It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the...

Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way

Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way

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...

Tolerance is only another name for indifference

Tolerance is only another name for indifference

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...

It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by...

It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by...

The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned.

The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned.

Love must not entreat, nor demand. Love must have the power to find its own...

Love must not entreat, nor demand. Love must have the power to find its own...

I would rather have eyes that cannot see; ears that cannot hear; lips that cannot...

I would rather have eyes that cannot see; ears that cannot hear; lips that cannot...

Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.

Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.

Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this...

Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this...