It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

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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.

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope...

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope...

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

A man who is a politician at forty is a statesman at three score and...

A man who is a politician at forty is a statesman at three score and...

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....

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...

What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental...

What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental...

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....

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.

Common sense and good nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life...

Common sense and good nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life...

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

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope...

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope...

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...

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

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...

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

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

Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important,...

Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important,...

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.