#om

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#belief #common #common belief #contrary #exercise

Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon lose its freedom; and the ironical thing about it is that it will lose its ease and comfort too. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#any #comfort #ease #freedom #ironical

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. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#comfortable #first #general #habits #know

Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#complete #five #like #make #money

There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#freedom #good #good things #life #things

I think that if my voice for some reason changes - because your voice does change - then it's time for me not to sing. ↗

— Diana Ross

#change #changes #does #i #i think

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#becomes #book #come #eyes #i

Well, maybe it has to do with the fact that I was a complete Hitchcock fanatic from age 9. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#complete #fact #fanatic #hitchcock #i

It is better to be unhappy in love than unhappy in marriage, but some people manage to be both. ↗

— Guy de Maupassant

#both #love #manage #marriage #people

The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom. ↗

— Guy de Maupassant

#bottoms #cosmic #essence #female #life