What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

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...

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

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...

Have common sense and stick to the point.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

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

A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her, but she can...

A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her, but she can...

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

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...

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but...

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is...

Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is...

The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good...

The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good...