There is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

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Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

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,...

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 woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her, but she can...

A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her, but she can...

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.

The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous...

The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous...

Tolerance is only another name for indifference

Tolerance is only another name for indifference

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

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...

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.

Genius is talent provided with ideals.

Genius is talent provided with ideals.

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,...

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

The crown of literature is poetry.

The crown of literature is poetry.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the...

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the...

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...

I can never fear that things will go far wrong where common sense has fair...

I can never fear that things will go far wrong where common sense has fair...

Common sense is just as good a critic of the lottery as any statistical breakdown

Common sense is just as good a critic of the lottery as any statistical breakdown

Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense differing from the latter only as...

Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense differing from the latter only as...