#ed

A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#also #because #bothered #home #man

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#comfort #freedom #irony #lose #money

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 wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, 'I don't know.' ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#easy #how #i #know #late

Any 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

#any #comfort #ease #freedom #ironical

The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#longest #love #never #returned

The 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

#comfortable #first #general #habits #know

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

The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#american #been #great #great american #novel

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

— W. Somerset Maugham

#exaggerated #laid #like #men #mind