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"The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit."-- Maugham
Man has always sacrificed truth to his vanity, comfort and advantage. He lives by make-believe.-- W. Somerset Maugham
Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.-- W. Somerset Maugham
It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.-- W. Somerset Maugham
Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.-- Henry Peter Brougham
He who laughs last found the dirty meaning.
"Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they find laughable."
"Laugh alone and the world thinks you're an idiot."
We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them.-- Evelyn Waugh
"No one has ever loved anyone the way everyone wants to be loved."-- Mignon McLaughlin
He who laughs last probably didn't understand the joke.
'La vache qui rit est jolie.' (Laughing cows are pretty.)
If you're going to tell people the truth, you better make them laugh.