#ch

Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#achieve #continuation #dirty #love is #only

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

It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#get #i #lovely #pity #such

Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#complete #five #like #make #money

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

— W. Somerset Maugham

#different #less #old #old age #pleasures

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#aim #better #dull #ironies #least

No egoism is so insufferable as that of the Christian with regard to his soul. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#egoism #his #insufferable #regard #soul

Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#exaggerated #laid #like #men #mind

I think that if my voice for some reason changes - because your voice does change - then it's time for me not to sing. ↗

— Diana Ross

#change #changes #does #i #i think

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#becomes #book #come #eyes #i