01c. 1919 ADMarriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.W. Somerset Maugham / quote ↗
02c. 1919 ADBeauty is an ecstasy it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.W. Somerset Maugham / quote ↗
03c. 1919 ADMoney is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.W. Somerset Maugham / quote ↗
04c. 1919 ADThe common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.W. Somerset Maugham / quote ↗
06c. 1919 ADThe world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.W. Somerset Maugham / quote ↗
07c. 1919 ADAny nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon lose its freedom and the ironical thing about it is that it will lose its ease and comfort too.W. Somerset Maugham / quote ↗
