Maxioms by W. Somerset Maugham
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 common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it read more
The 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. Failure makes people bitter and cruel.
Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with read more
Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it.
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.
Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
