Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

Topics: Age Quotes

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.

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...

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...

To write simply is as difficult as to be good

To write simply is as difficult as to be good

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 are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches them tolerance.

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches them tolerance.

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...

Beauty is a bit of a bore.

Beauty is a bit of a bore.

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

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

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

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...

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer

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....

A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be...

A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be...

Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too...

Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too...

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...

I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.

I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.

A good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude

A good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude