More from William Somerset Maugham

  1. We have long passed the Victorian Era when asterisks were followed after a certain interval by a baby.
  2. I was astonished to see him in Baghdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra.
  3. She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit:
  4. She gathered herself together. No one could describe the scorn of her expression or the contemptuous hatred she out into her answer. 'You m…
  5. It was such a lovely day I thought it was a pity to get up.
  6. Now it is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it:
  7. When you have loved as she has loved, you grow old beautifully.
  8. Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.

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