Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

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To write simply is as difficult as to be good

To write simply is as difficult as to be good

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...

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...

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.

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to...

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to...

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...

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...

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer

It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated

It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated

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.

Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a...

Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a...

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this,...

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this,...

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

Men are passionate, men are weak, men are stupid, men are pitiful; to bring to...

Men are passionate, men are weak, men are stupid, men are pitiful; to bring to...

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

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.

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

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

Two lives, two hearts joined together in friendship united forever in love.

Two lives, two hearts joined together in friendship united forever in love.

Love is its own reward.

Love is its own reward.