10 Quotes by Maurice Baring

Totul trece, de fapt, atât de repede și, pe măsură ce înaintăm în vârstă, descoperim că toate au o importanță mult mai mică decât consideram noi la început... iar la capăt, știm că ne așteaptă odihna și somnul, și nimeni nu ne va deștepta.

Pedepsele nu sunt împărțite muritorilor de o guvernanță arțăgoasă sau de un dascăl despotic; nu, pedeapsa e rezultatul logic, consecință inevitabilă a faptei rele.

I wish I was dead,And lay deep in the grave.I've a pain in my head,I wish I was dead.In a coffin of lead-With the Wise and the Brave-I wish I was dead,And lay deep in the grave.

A good play is a play which when acted upon the boards make an audience interested and pleased. A play that fails in this is a bad play.

There is a vast difference between games and play. Play is played for fun, but games are deadly serious and you do not play them to enjoy yourself.

Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary.

Avoid contradicting in general, especially people you love.

In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can.

If you would know what the Lord God thinks of money, you have only to look at those to whom he gives it.