It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

Topics: Friends Quotes, Friendship Quotes, Pain Quotes

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.

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....

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Genius is talent provided with ideals.

Genius is talent provided with ideals.

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...

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,...

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.

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...

No man in his heart is quite so cynical as a well-bred woman.

No man in his heart is quite so cynical as a well-bred woman.

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

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

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really...

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really...

It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated

It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated

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...

My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were...

My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were...

I do not believe they are right who say that the defects of famous men...

I do not believe they are right who say that the defects of famous men...

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...

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer

We learn simply by the exposure of living, and what we learn most natively is...

We learn simply by the exposure of living, and what we learn most natively is...

To keep up even a worthwhile tradition means vitiating the idea behind it which must...

To keep up even a worthwhile tradition means vitiating the idea behind it which must...