Maxioms by W. Somerset Maugham
The well-dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice.
The well-dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice.
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.
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it read more
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. Failure makes people bitter and cruel.
Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.
Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.
With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.
With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.