#or

I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#conduct #frame #humorous #i #i can

We all have the temptation to be backseat drivers when it comes to decisions that don't work out the way we want. ↗

— Don Mattingly

#comes #decisions #drivers #out #temptation

We said in our 21st Century Party paper there are 61 mosaic groups, which the market research people use as different socio-economic categories and half of our members come from just five of those groups and that is very narrow - too narrow. ↗

— Francis Maude

#categories #century #come #different #five

We should be the natural home for younger voters. But today we're not. Because too often we sound like people who just don't like contemporary Britain. ↗

— Francis Maude

#britain #contemporary #home #just #like

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#befall #boy #bring #consequence #few

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

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

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

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