W. Somerset Maugham

Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#directs #money #motions #puppets #string

The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#longest #love #never #returned

If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#eat #england #three #want #well

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#comfortable #first #general #habits #know

Impropriety is the soul of wit. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#wit

It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#illusion #lost #those #who #youth

Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#complete #five #like #make #money

Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#different #less #old #old age #pleasures

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#aim #better #dull #ironies #least

Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#rubs #sentiment #sentimentality #way #wrong