I am told that today rather more than 60 per cent of the men who go to university go on a Government grant. This is a new class that has entered upon the scene. It is the white-collar proletariat. They do not go to university to acquire culture but to get a job, and when they have got one, scamp it. They have no manners and are woefully unable to deal with any social predicament. Their idea of a celebration is to go to a public house and drink six beers. They are mean, malicious and envious . They are scum.
W. Somerset MaughamOne can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one's life with her.
W. Somerset MaughamIf a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault, not hers.
W. Somerset MaughamImagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
W. Somerset MaughamIt is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.
W. Somerset Maugham