A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

Topics: Marriage Quotes

If people waited to know one another before they married, the world wouldn't be so...

If people waited to know one another before they married, the world wouldn't be so...

Love is only the dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.

Love is only the dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.

Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a...

Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a...

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches them tolerance.

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches them tolerance.

It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the...

It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the...

Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way

Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way

I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than...

I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than...

Money is like a sixth sense - and you can't make use of the other...

Money is like a sixth sense - and you can't make use of the other...

Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can...

Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can...

The crown of literature is poetry.

The crown of literature is poetry.

Money is like a sixth sense - and you can't make use of the other...

Money is like a sixth sense - and you can't make use of the other...

The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned.

The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned.

It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by...

It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by...

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.

Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really...

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really...

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love....

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love....

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this,...

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this,...

Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.

Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.

The potentiality of perfection outweighs actual contradictions... Existence in itself is here to prove that...

The potentiality of perfection outweighs actual contradictions... Existence in itself is here to prove that...