You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

Topics: Adultery Quotes, Sex Quotes

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...

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...

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.

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...

Tolerance is only another name for indifference

Tolerance is only another name for indifference

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of...

Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of...

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this,...

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this,...

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...

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

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.

A man who is a politician at forty is a statesman at three score and...

A man who is a politician at forty is a statesman at three score and...

There is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the...

There is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the...

Fashion is as profound and critical a part of the social life of man as...

Fashion is as profound and critical a part of the social life of man as...

Sex got me into trouble from the age of fifteen: I'm hoping that by the...

Sex got me into trouble from the age of fifteen: I'm hoping that by the...