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

Quote by W -Somerset Maugham

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Impropriety is the soul of wit.

Impropriety is the soul of wit.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature...

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature...

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

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

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

Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon...

Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon...

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

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

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...

It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their...

It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their...

Habits in writing as in life are only useful if they are broken as soon...

Habits in writing as in life are only useful if they are broken as soon...

The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to...

The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to...

An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to...

An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to...

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.

Writing is the supreme solace.

Writing is the supreme solace.

There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part...

There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part...

We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.

We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.

The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.

The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.

The crown of literature is poetry.

The crown of literature is poetry.

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,...

Money can't buy you love, but it can get you some really good chocolate ginger...

Money can't buy you love, but it can get you some really good chocolate ginger...

Eventually you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there...

Eventually you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there...

Cultivated men and women who do not skim the cream of life, and are attached...

Cultivated men and women who do not skim the cream of life, and are attached...