Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
More Quotes from W. Somerset Maugham:
He had heard people speak contemptuously of money he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it.W. Somerset Maugham
It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.
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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
The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
W. Somerset Maugham
The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.
W. Somerset Maugham
When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.
W. Somerset Maugham
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