The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

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Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of...

Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of...

Tolerance is only another name for indifference

Tolerance is only another name for indifference

A dictator must fool all the people all the time and there's only one way...

A dictator must fool all the people all the time and there's only one way...

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...

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,...

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.

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.

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

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...

There is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the...

There is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the...

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

The crown of literature is poetry.

The crown of literature is poetry.

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's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best,...

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best,...

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...

Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.

Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.

I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.

Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book...

Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book...

Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise.

Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise.