Tolerance is only another name for indifference

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

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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...

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

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...

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

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.

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.

Writing is the supreme solace.

Writing is the supreme solace.

To write simply is as difficult as to be good

To write simply is as difficult as to be good

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...

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

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

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...

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...

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....

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

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 crown of literature is poetry.

The crown of literature is poetry.

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...

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.

The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.

The whole world is my native land

The whole world is my native land