Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better for the world if they talked more and did less.

Quote by W -Somerset Maugham

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It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.

It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.

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

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

The writer is more concerned to know than to judge.

The writer is more concerned to know than to judge.

The nature of men and women - their essential nature - is so vile and...

The nature of men and women - their essential nature - is so vile and...

Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its...

Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its...

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

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

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...

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

The crown of literature is poetry.

The crown of literature is poetry.

It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say...

It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say...

Impropriety is the soul of wit.

Impropriety is the soul of wit.

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...

Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon...

Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon...

To eat well in England, you should have a breakfast three times a day.

To eat well in England, you should have a breakfast three times a day.

No egoism is so insufferable as that of the Christian with regard to his soul.

No egoism is so insufferable as that of the Christian with regard to his soul.

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The...

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The...

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

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

The birthday of my life is come, my love is come to me.

The birthday of my life is come, my love is come to me.

There is a certain age when a woman must be beautiful to be loved, and...

There is a certain age when a woman must be beautiful to be loved, and...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than...