The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.
More Quotes from W. Somerset Maugham:
Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.W. Somerset Maugham
An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
W. Somerset Maugham
Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad.
W. Somerset Maugham
The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill.
W. Somerset Maugham
The great critic must be a philosopher, for from philosophy he will learn serenity, impartiality, and the transitoriness of human things.
W. Somerset Maugham
It is unfair to expect a politician to live in private up to the statements he makes in public.
W. Somerset Maugham
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Principle QuotesBased on Keywords: expediency
I don't see myself being an actress forever.
Carrie Snodgress
Now the advantage is all with the hitters.
Rogers Hornsby
When I got divorced and moved into an apartment, I started keeping the TV on, just for company.
Mark Harmon