Tolerance is another word for indifference.

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

Topics: Tolerance Quotes, Writing Quotes

Genius is talent provided with ideals.

Genius is talent provided with ideals.

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...

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...

Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way

Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way

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...

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...

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.

I don't know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God

I don't know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is...

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is...

Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can...

Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can...

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.

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,...

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.

The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.