black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

When you are reconciled to the fact that each is for himself in the world you will ask less from your fellows. They will not disappoint you, and you will look upon them more charitably.

W. Somerset Maugham

Related Topics

Ask Charitablity Disappoint Each Fellow Himself Less More Reconcile

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

The most valuable thing I have learned from life is to regret nothing.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Guarantee Learn Most Something Thing Truth Valuable
To recognize it you must repeat the adventure of the artist. It is a melody that he sings to you, and to hear it again in your own heart you want knowledge and sensitiveness and imagination.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Adventure Again Artist Hear Heart Imagination Melody Recognize Repeat Sensitiveness
Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Chance Conduct Control Improvisation Largely Life Perpetual
Most people are such fools that it is really no great compliment to say that someone is above the average.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Above Average Compliment Fool Great Most People Really Someone
Throw yourself into the hurly-burly of life. It doesn’t matter how many mistakes you make, what unhappiness you have to undergo. It is all your material …
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Burly Hurly Make Many Matter Mistake Undergo Unhappiness Yourself
The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Does Future Present Seen Unimportant
How can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realize that to you it was only an episode.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Everything Life Love Plesant Realize Reasonable Whole You
Now it is a funny thing about life. If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. If you utterly decline to make do with what you can get, then somehow or other, you are very likely to get what you want.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Accept Anything Best Funny Get Life Often Refuse Thing
There is nothing so degrading as the constant anxiety about one’s means of livelihood.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Anxiety Constant Decade Livelihood Mena Nothing
The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Cruel Hard Know None Whither World
The beauty of the morning and the radiance of noon are good, but it would be a very silly person who drew the curtains and turned on the light in order to shut out the tranquillity of the evening. Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Action Age Country Different Evening Freedom Good Old Pleasant Thing Tranquility Two Youth
Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Can Epigram Make None Tell Truth
The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Clothes Dress Man never Notice
The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Age Complete Include Maturity Old Pattern Perfect Young
Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Anything Ask Delight Foolish Last More Nothing Permanent World
It’s no good trying to keep up old friendships. It’s painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Both Face Fact Friendship Good Grow Keep Old Only Painful People Side Thing

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes