W. Somerset Maugham on breakfast
W. Somerset Maugham148 quotes“If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.”
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The mystic sees the ineffable, and the psychopathologist the unspeakable.
W. Somerset MaughamW. Somerset Maugham You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.
W. Somerset MaughamW. Somerset Maugham The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice
W. Somerset MaughamW. Somerset Maugham Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
W. Somerset MaughamW. Somerset Maugham Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.
W. Somerset MaughamW. Somerset Maugham Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.
W. Somerset MaughamW. Somerset Maugham It wasn’t until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, ‘I don’t know.’
W. Somerset MaughamW. Somerset Maugham You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.
W. Somerset MaughamW. Somerset Maugham Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art.
W. Somerset MaughamW. Somerset Maugham When a woman loves you she’s not satisfied until she possesses your soul. Because she’s weak, she has a rage for domination, and nothing less will satisfy her.
W. Somerset MaughamW. Somerset Maugham The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves only that you are yourself of small account.
W. Somerset MaughamW. Somerset Maugham I recognize that I am made up of several persons and that the person that at the moment has the upper hand will inevitably give place to another. But which is the real one? All of them or none?
W. Somerset MaughamW. Somerset Maugham Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
W. Somerset MaughamW. Somerset Maugham You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
W. Somerset MaughamW. Somerset Maugham One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one’s life with her.
W. Somerset MaughamW. Somerset Maugham She loved three things – a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.
W. Somerset MaughamW. Somerset Maugham
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I need someone to eat breakfast with and watch Adventure Time with!
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Adam JohnsonAdam Johnson I still think the best classic meal in New York is a coffee-shop breakfast – you sort of can’t skip it.
Adam GopnikAdam Gopnik The first duty of a revolutionist is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain’t going.
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Abbie HoffmanAbbie Hoffman Breakfast is everything. The beginning, the first thing. It is the mouthful that is the commitment to a new day, a continuing life.
A. A. GillA. A. Gill Don’t ask what things I’ll have for breakfast come over to me, Let me have you this morning.
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