The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

Topics: Originality Quotes, World Quotes

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...

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

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...

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...

Genius is talent provided with ideals.

Genius is talent provided with ideals.

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to...

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be...

A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be...

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.

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 crown of literature is poetry.

The crown of literature is poetry.

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...

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...

And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and...

And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and...

What do you do after you are world famous and nineteen or twenty and you...

What do you do after you are world famous and nineteen or twenty and you...