American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

Topics: America And Americans Quotes, Being A Woman Quotes, Wives Quotes

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.

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of...

Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of...

The crown of literature is poetry.

The crown of literature is poetry.

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...

The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous...

The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous...

Tolerance is only another name for indifference

Tolerance is only another name for indifference

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...

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature...

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature...

When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.

When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.

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...

In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.

In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.

You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct

You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to...

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to...

No man in his heart is quite so cynical as a well-bred woman.

No man in his heart is quite so cynical as a well-bred woman.

A man who is a politician at forty is a statesman at three score and...

A man who is a politician at forty is a statesman at three score and...

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.

The eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought...

The eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought...

SS: Jesus is Magic.

SS: Jesus is Magic.