The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

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The crown of literature is poetry.

The crown of literature is poetry.

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.

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.

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The...

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The...

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

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

When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most...

When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most...

Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of...

Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of...

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...

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.

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...

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...

What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental...

What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental...

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...

It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the...

It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the...

Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.

Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.

Beauty is a bit of a bore.

Beauty is a bit of a bore.

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...

America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America...

America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America...

America is just the country that shows how all the written guarantees in the world...

America is just the country that shows how all the written guarantees in the world...

I love it when women come up to me and tell me I'm a positive...

I love it when women come up to me and tell me I'm a positive...

Judge not a man by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes

Judge not a man by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes