Jim's Favorite Famous Quote, Quip, Axiom, and Maxim Repository
William Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham.
| Born | January 25, 1874 Paris, France |
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| Died | December 16, 1965 Nice, France |
British writer and playwright. Authored the novel Of Human Bondage (1915), the autobiography Summing Up (1938), and the play Lady Frederick (1907).
The repository contains seven quotes from W. Somerset Maugham.
Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
From the standpoint of pure reason, there are no good grounds to support the claim that one should sacrifice one’s own happiness to that of others.
At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it.
Punctuality is a compliment you pay to the intelligent and a rebuke you pay to the stupid.
The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
