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.
More from William Somerset Maugham
The tragedy of love is indifference.
Permalink to quote #2 You can't learn too soon that the most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.
Permalink to quote #4 Do you know that conversation is one of the greatest pleasures in life? But it wants leisure.
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