black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

W. Somerset Maugham

Related Topics

Accept Best Funny Get Life Often Refuse Thing

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Anything Long Made Mind Myself Others Short
Of all the hokum with which this country [America] is riddled, the most odd is the common notion that it is free of class distinctions.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Clase Common Country Destruction Free Most Odd People Person Riddle
It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one’s dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Ask Dignity Enough Frank Generous Independent One Preserve Unhamper Wealth Work
What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Come Democracy Down Invent Persuasive Politician Power Seek Self Slogan
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 MAUGHAM

Able Account Acquire Bring Famous Friend Know Men Prestige Prove Small Tell
Life isn’t long enough for love and art.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Art Enough Life Long Love
An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Bad Easier Good Habit One Thing Unfortunate
Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Achieve Constitution Dirty Love Paly Species Trick
Oh, it’s always the same,’ she sighed, ‘if you want men to behave well to you, you must be beastly to them; if you treat them decently they make you suffer for it.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Always Beastly Behave Mine Must Same Sighted Want Well
Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Best Desire Often Overcome Satisfy Way
They have no manners and are woefully unable to deal with any social predicament. Their idea of a celebration is to go to a public house and drink six beers. They are mean, malicious and envious . They are scum.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Celebration Drink Envious House Idea Malicious Manner Predicament Six Social Unable
We seek pitifully to convey to others the treasures of our heart, but they have not the power to accept them, and so we go lonely, side by side but not together, unable to know our fellows and unknown by them.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Accept Convey Fellow Heart Know Other Power Seek Together Treasure Unable
To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Acquire Almost Construct Habit Life Miseries Raed Refuse Yourself
If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Become First Foolish Million One People Thing Wise
Men seek but one thing in life — their pleasure.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Life Men One Pleasure Seek Thing
I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Comfortable Conduct Frame Humorous Imagine Mind More Resignation

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes