At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

Quote by W -Somerset Maugham

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Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking...

Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking...

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

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

I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in...

I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in...

Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.

Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.

You can do anything in this world if you are prepares to take the consequences.

You can do anything in this world if you are prepares to take the consequences.

The crown of literature is poetry.

The crown of literature is poetry.

If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I...

If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I...

Tolerance is another word for indifference.

Tolerance is another word for indifference.

Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the...

Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the...

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

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

Love is what happens to a man and woman who don't know each other.

Love is what happens to a man and woman who don't know each other.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

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,...

We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.

We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.

We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.

We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.

We have long passed the Victorian Era when asterisks were followed after a certain interval...

We have long passed the Victorian Era when asterisks were followed after a certain interval...

We know our friends by their defects rather than their merits.

We know our friends by their defects rather than their merits.

Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.

Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.