Quotes by William Somerset Maugham

Novelist and playwright, born sunday january 25, 1874 in Paris (France), died thursday december 16, 1965 in Nice (France)
You can find this author also in Murphy's laws.

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we're foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we're still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it. If change is of the essence of existence one would have thought it only sensible to make it the premise of our philosophy.
William Somerset Maugham
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    She gathered herself together. No one could describe the scorn of her expression or the contemptuous hatred she put into her answer.
    "You men! You filthy dirty pigs! You're all the same, all of you. Pigs! Pigs!"
    William Somerset Maugham
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      Perhaps the most important use of money: It saves time. Life is so short, and there's so much to do, one can't afford to waste a minute; and just think how much you waste, for instance, in walking from place to place instead of going by bus and in going by bus instead of by taxi.
      William Somerset Maugham
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