Quotes of James M. Barrie - somelinesforyou

“ Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ Life is a long lesson in humility. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ Life is a long lesson in humility. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ Fame is rot; daughters are the thing. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ Men's second childhood begins when a woman gets a hold of him. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ It's a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it you don't need to have anything else; and if you don't have it, it doesn't much matter what else you have. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary? ”

- James M. Barrie

“ If it's heaven for climate, it's hell for company. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ Heaven for climate, Hell for company. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ Heaven for climate, Hell for company. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ It's a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it you don't need to have anything else; and if you don't have it, it doesn't much matter what else you have. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ One's religion is whatever he is most interested in. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you don't find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you don't find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps at it to make sure the ink had not faded. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ Every time a child says, "I don't believe in fairies," there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary? ”

- James M. Barrie

“ Men's second childhood begins when a woman gets a hold of him. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ Every time a child says, "I don't believe in fairies," there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ One's religion is whatever he is most interested in. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ Love, it is said, is blind, but love is not blind. It is an extra eye, which shows us what is most worthy of regard. To see the best is to see most clearly, and it is the lover's privilege. ”

- James M. Barrie
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