Men are passionate, men are weak, men are stupid, men are pitiful; to bring to bear on them anything so tremendous as the wrath of God seems strangely inept

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

Topics: Mankind Quotes

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.

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...

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

If people waited to know one another before they married, the world wouldn't be so...

If people waited to know one another before they married, the world wouldn't be so...

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...

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...

When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.

When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

Beauty is a bit of a bore.

Beauty is a bit of a bore.

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...

My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were...

My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were...

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

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...

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.

You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences

You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences

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

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....

Hate the sin and love the sinner.

Hate the sin and love the sinner.

To have a sister is to gain a lifetime companion who loves you simply because...

To have a sister is to gain a lifetime companion who loves you simply because...

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.