There is nothing so degrading as the constant anxiety about one's means of livelihood...Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.
More from William Somerset Maugham
People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.
Permalink to quote #33 You will hear people say that poverty is the best spur to the artist. They have never felt the iron of it in their flesh. They do not know how mean it makes yo…
Permalink to quote #35 Men seek but one thing in life - their pleasure.
Permalink to quote #32