#la

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#chance #changed #changing #continue #happy

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

— W. Somerset Maugham

#achieve #continuation #dirty #love is #only

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

— W. Somerset Maugham

#deadening #effect #excess #exhilarating #habit

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

I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#head #heart #human #human race #i

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

— W. Somerset Maugham

#longest #love #never #returned

If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#eat #england #three #want #well

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

— W. Somerset Maugham

#exaggerated #laid #like #men #mind

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#humor #laugh #people #teaches #them