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

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....

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...

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.

Writing is the supreme solace.

Writing is the supreme solace.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.

Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.

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...

Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a...

Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a...

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.

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...

Beauty is a bit of a bore.

Beauty is a bit of a bore.

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...

I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than...

I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than...

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

Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.

Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The...

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The...

Money is like a sixth sense - and you can't make use of the other...

Money is like a sixth sense - and you can't make use of the other...

The crown of literature is poetry.

The crown of literature is poetry.

When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but...

When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but...

Good literature substitutes for an experience which we have not oursleves lived through.

Good literature substitutes for an experience which we have not oursleves lived through.

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...