Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.

Quote by W -Somerset Maugham

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Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the...

Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the...

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a...

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a...

Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better...

Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better...

Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking...

Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking...

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well...

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well...

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.

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

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

We know our friends by their defects rather than their merits.

We know our friends by their defects rather than their merits.

If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.

If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.

To eat well in England, you should have a breakfast three times a day.

To eat well in England, you should have a breakfast three times a day.

We have long passed the Victorian Era when asterisks were followed after a certain interval...

We have long passed the Victorian Era when asterisks were followed after a certain interval...

I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in...

I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in...

The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create...

The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create...

It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.

It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.

The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes.

The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault,...

If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault,...

We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.

We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.

The U.S. army confirmed that it gave a lucrative fire fighting contract in Iraq to...

The U.S. army confirmed that it gave a lucrative fire fighting contract in Iraq to...

It was all about music, about getting your friends to come and see you play....

It was all about music, about getting your friends to come and see you play....