Tradition is a guide and not a jailer

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

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Genius is talent provided with ideals.

Genius is talent provided with ideals.

Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.

Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.

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...

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,...

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 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...

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.

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...

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...

When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.

When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.

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

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

There is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the...

There is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the...

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...

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches them tolerance.

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches them tolerance.

If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that...

If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that...

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...

This is what marriage really means: helping one another to reach the full status of...

This is what marriage really means: helping one another to reach the full status of...

Before marriage, a man has a life and dream of a beautiful wife; after marriage...

Before marriage, a man has a life and dream of a beautiful wife; after marriage...

Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through being...

Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through being...