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W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

W. Somerset Maugham quotes about time

British Playwright, Writer January 25, 1874 – December 16, 1965

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A man who is a politician at forty is a statesman at three score and ten. It is at this age, when he would be too old to be a clerk or a gardener or a police-court magistrate, that he is ripe to govern a country. This is not so strange when you reflect that from the earliest times the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser than they, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture... W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "There is a certain elegance in wasting time. Any fool can..."
There is a certain elegance in wasting time. Any fool can waste money, but when you waste time you waste what is priceless. W. Somerset Maugham
What d'you suppose I care if I'm a gentleman or not? If I were a gentleman I shouldn't waste my time with a vulgar slut like you. W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "I'm only twenty-five. If I've made a mistake I have time to..."
I'm only twenty-five. If I've made a mistake I have time to correct it. W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "To eat well in England you should have breakfast three times a..."
To eat well in England you should have breakfast three times a day. W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "It requires the feminine temperament to repeat the same thing..."
It requires the feminine temperament to repeat the same thing three times with unabated zest. W. Somerset Maugham

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