Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the dead because they have ceased to exist.

Quote by W -Somerset Maugham

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I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are...

I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are...

By the time a man notices that he is no longer young, his youth has...

By the time a man notices that he is no longer young, his youth has...

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out...

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out...

The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes.

The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes.

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.

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to...

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost...

It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost...

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...

Impropriety is the soul of wit.

Impropriety is the soul of wit.

Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of...

Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of...

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.

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...

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the...

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the...

The writer is more concerned to know than to judge.

The writer is more concerned to know than to judge.