W. Somerset Maugham

For the memory of love is sweet, though the love itself were in vain. And what I have lost of read more

For the memory of love is sweet, though the love itself were in vain. And what I have lost of pleasure, assuage what I find of pain.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct.

You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct.

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.

The well-dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice.

The well-dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice.