An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
From W. Somerset Maugham
Tolerance is another word for indifference.
It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, 'I don't know.'
Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.
My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.
Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.
The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.
The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill.
In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time.
When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.
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