British - Playwright | May 9, 1860 - June 19, 1937
A woman can be anything the man who loves her would have her be.
James M. Barrie
WomanManAnythingHerWouldWho
Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?
LifeNewTryAlwaysLittleRule
It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else.
WorkDoingYouRealSomethingWould
I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not, it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life.
LifeOpportunityMeKnowMissedHe
To die will be an awfully big adventure.
AdventureDieWillBig
There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make.
WorldMoreSightsThanImpressive
Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing them.
StrengthPassionChildBeingGrows
His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall.
EqualityWillNeverEqualMayUs
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.
BookFirstDaysSureInkPublished
Every man who is high up likes to think that he has done it all himself, and the wife smiles and lets it go at that.
WifeManThinkGoDoneHigh
You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip.
YouGoldenYesAgainstMustBeen
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