Irony is a gift of the gods, the most subtle of all the modes of speech. It is an armour and a weapon; it is a philosophy and a perpetual entertainment; it is food for the hungry of wit and drink to those thirsting for laughter...

W. Somerset Maugham
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  5. Even things that are true can be proved. - Oscar Wilde

More Quotes By W. Somerset Maugham
  1. The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.

  2. How can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realize that to you it was only an episode.

  3. As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.

  4. He did not care if she was heartless, vicious and vulgar, stupid and grasping, he loved her. He would rather have misery with one than happiness with the other.

  5. If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault, not hers.

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