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

Quote by W -Somerset Maugham

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What has influenced my life more than any other single thing has been my stammer....

What has influenced my life more than any other single thing has been my stammer....

It is funny about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the very best...

It is funny about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the very best...

We know our friends by their defects rather than their merits.

We know our friends by their defects rather than their merits.

It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say...

It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say...

Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

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.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.

The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.

I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in...

I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in...

Impropriety is the soul of wit.

Impropriety is the soul of wit.

I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are...

I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are...

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

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

Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better...

Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better...

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the...

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the...

You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're...

You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're...

The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes.

The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes.

Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual...

Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual...

An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to...

An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to...