Tradition is a guide and not a jailer

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

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The crown of literature is poetry.

The crown of literature is poetry.

Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have...

Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have...

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

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...

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...

It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by...

It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by...

It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated

It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated

Have common sense and stick to the point.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

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...

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...

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...

Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way

Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

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...

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.

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

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

Writing is the supreme solace.

Writing is the supreme solace.

Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.

Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.

Storytellers, by the very act of telling, communicate a radical learning that changes lives and...

Storytellers, by the very act of telling, communicate a radical learning that changes lives and...

People don't change, they just become a clearer version of who they really are.

People don't change, they just become a clearer version of who they really are.

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It...

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It...

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how...

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how...