Do you know that conversation is one of the greatest pleasures in life? But it wants leisure.
More from William Somerset Maugham
The tragedy of love is indifference.
Permalink to quote #2 After all, a man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.
Permalink to quote #3 You can't learn too soon that the most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.
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