Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it.

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

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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...

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

To write simply is as difficult as to be good

To write simply is as difficult as to be good

If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that...

If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that...

There are two good things in life freedom of thought and freedom of action.

There are two good things in life freedom of thought and freedom of action.

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

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.

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...

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but...

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but...

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is...

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is...

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.

I do not believe they are right who say that the defects of famous men...

I do not believe they are right who say that the defects of famous men...

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

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.

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.

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....

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...

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...

Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability

Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability

Resignation is putting God between ourselves and our troubles

Resignation is putting God between ourselves and our troubles