English
Author and
Playwright
(January 25,
1874 -
December 16,
1965)
"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."
"The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind. "
"I forget who it was that recommended men for their soul's good to do each day two things they disliked: it was a wise man, and it is a precept that I have followed scrupulously; for every day I have got up and I have gone to bed."
"Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young."
"It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent."
"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."
"Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five."
"People will sometimes forgive you the good you have done them, but seldom the harm they have done you."
"Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved."
"Tradition is a guide and not a jailer."
"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."
