W. Somerset Maugham

Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#advice #affair #dreary #dull #nothing

Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#good thing #habit #i #i think #make

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

— W. Somerset Maugham

#belief #common #common belief #contrary #exercise

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#dinner #dinner party #eat #party #should

Only a mediocre person is always at his best. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#best #his #mediocre #only #person

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#both sides #face #fact #friendships #good

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#deadening #effect #excess #exhilarating #habit

It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#does #ennobles #happiness #makes #men

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#about #accept #anything #funny #funny thing

There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#childish #evil #explanation #ignore #looked