Maxioms by William Somerset Maugham
A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all read more
A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.
Love is a dirty trick played on us to achieve the continuation of the species.
Love is a dirty trick played on us to achieve the continuation of the species.
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.
It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it.
It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it.
She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.
She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.
