W. Somerset Maugham quotes
"People ask for criticism, but they only want praise."
"The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit."
"Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it."
"An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones."
"Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit."
"It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up."
"She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit."
"Tradition is a guide and not a jailer."
"When you have loved as she has loved, you grow old beautifully."
"Love is a dirty trick played on us to achieve the continuation of the species."
