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Rather Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham
- I am told that today rather more than 60 per cent of the men who go to the universities go on a Government grant. This…
- I am told that today rather more than 60 per cent of the men who go to university go on a Government grant. This is…
- The audience is a very curious animal. It is shrewd rather than intelligent. Its mental capacity is less than that of its most intellectual members.
- Affection is created by habit, community of interests, convenience and the desire of companionship. It is a comfort rather than an exhilaration.
- We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.
- It is clear that men accept an immediate pain rather than an immediate pleasure, but only because they expect a greater pleasure in the future.…
- He did not care if she was heartless, vicious and vulgar, stupid and grasping, he loved her. He would rather have misery with one than…
- Was it necessary to tell me that you wanted nothing in the world but me?' The corners of his mouth drooped peevishly. Oh, my dear,…
- The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
- There are many foolish people in the world and when a man in a rather high position puts on no frills, slaps them on the…
- We know our friends by their defects rather than their merits.
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