Maxioms by W. Somerset Maugham
When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.
When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.
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.
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.
It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes read more
It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
