We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

Topics: Chance Quotes, Change Quotes, Love Quotes, Mankind Quotes

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.

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...

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.

Writing is the supreme solace.

Writing is the supreme solace.

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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

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

Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can...

Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can...

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...

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to...

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to...

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but...

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but...

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

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...

Tolerance is another word for indifference.

Tolerance is another word for indifference.

The crown of literature is poetry.

The crown of literature is poetry.

A great speech is literature.

A great speech is literature.

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it...

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it...

Poetry is adjectives expressed in nouns

Poetry is adjectives expressed in nouns