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

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

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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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

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...

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

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 is a bit of a bore.

Beauty is a bit of a bore.

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.

If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that...

If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that...

The crown of literature is poetry.

The crown of literature is poetry.

Tolerance is only another name for indifference

Tolerance is only another name for indifference

To write simply is as difficult as to be good

To write simply is as difficult as to be good

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...

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

A lucky model who's been given a lot of opportunities I just wish she [Cameron...

A lucky model who's been given a lot of opportunities I just wish she [Cameron...

Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy

Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy