More quotes by W. Somerset Maugham

"Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species."
"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."
"When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character."
"We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to."
"What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed to keep them?"