I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

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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...

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.

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.

Genius is talent provided with ideals.

Genius is talent provided with ideals.

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

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...

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...

There is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the...

There is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the...

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...

Have common sense and stick to the point.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

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...

I don't know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God

I don't know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God

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

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

It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the...

It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the...

It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated

It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

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.

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

One weakness is enough, and love is the deadliest.

One weakness is enough, and love is the deadliest.

Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.