Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved.

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

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No man in his heart is quite so cynical as a well-bred woman.

No man in his heart is quite so cynical as a well-bred woman.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost...

It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost...

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

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

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.

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

To write simply is as difficult as to be good

To write simply is as difficult as to be good

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...

Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.

Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.

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

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

If there are quarrels between the parents or if their marriage is unhappy, the ground...

If there are quarrels between the parents or if their marriage is unhappy, the ground...

Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the...

Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the...

When a marriage works, nothing on earth can take its place

When a marriage works, nothing on earth can take its place