Tolerance is another word for indifference.

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

Topics: Tolerance Quotes, Writing Quotes

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

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

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.

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....

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...

Writing is the supreme solace.

Writing is the supreme solace.

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...

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...

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

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,...

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...

Tolerance is only another name for indifference

Tolerance is only another name for indifference

Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too...

Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too...

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,...

You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences

You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences

Beauty is a bit of a bore.

Beauty is a bit of a bore.

Common sense and good nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life...

Common sense and good nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life...

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.

When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you...

When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you...

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.