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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Tolerance is only another name for indifference

Tolerance is only another name for indifference

A man who is a politician at forty is a statesman at three score and...

A man who is a politician at forty is a statesman at three score and...

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.

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out...

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out...

Writing is the supreme solace.

Writing is the supreme solace.

What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental...

What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental...

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...

Beauty is a bit of a bore.

Beauty is a bit of a bore.

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope...

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope...

When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most...

When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most...

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

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.

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...

If people waited to know one another before they married, the world wouldn't be so...

If people waited to know one another before they married, the world wouldn't be so...

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer

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...

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...

When politics and religion are intermingled, a people is suffused with a sense of invulnerability,...

When politics and religion are intermingled, a people is suffused with a sense of invulnerability,...

Beauty' is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined...

Beauty' is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined...