William Somerset Maugham

The Razor's Edge

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  • Boris Svecnikovhas quoted6 days ago
    it's all a tragic blunder of blind fate.'
  • Boris Svecnikovhas quoted19 days ago
    The old Duchesse d'Uzes used to tell me that the most recalcitrant male becomes amenable to suggestion in these conditions.
  • Boris Svecnikovhas quoted19 days ago
    kept his nose to the grindstone
  • Boris Svecnikovhas quoted19 days ago
    Well, you know when people are no good at anything else they become writers,' I said, with a chuckle
  • Boris Svecnikovhas quoted19 days ago
    You've been away from America so long, Elliott,' said Mrs Bradley, with a dry smile, 'you've forgotten that in this country girls don't marry because their mothers and their uncles are in favour of it.'
  • Boris Svecnikovhas quoted19 days ago
    You've been away from America so long, Elliott,' said Mrs Bradley, with a dry smile, 'you've forgotten that in this country girls don't marry because their mothers and their uncles are in favour of it.'
  • Boris Svecnikovhas quoted20 days ago
    I'm counting the days till I can get back to Paris. It's the only place in the world for a civilized man to live.
  • Boris Svecnikovhas quoted20 days ago
    Virgins of the school of Raphael, Virgins of the school of Guido Reni, landscapes of the school of Zuccarelli, ruins of the school of Pannini.
  • Boris Svecnikovhas quoted24 days ago
    e would be delighted when he had got for me something I fancied for half the asking price. It was a treat to watch him bargain. He would argue, cajole, lose his temper, appeal to the seller's better nature, ridicule him, point out the defects of the object in question, threaten never to cross his threshold again, sigh, shrug his shoulders, admonish, start for the door in frowning anger, and when finally he had won his point shake his head sadly as though he accepted defeat with resignation. Then he would whisper to me in English.

    'Take it with you. It would be cheap at double the money.'
  • Boris Svecnikovhas quotedlast month
    They were afraid he was a snob. And of course he was. He was a colossal snob. He was a snob without shame. He would put up with any affront, he would ignore any rebuff, he would swallow any rudeness to get asked to a party he wanted to go to or to make a connexion with some crusty old dowager of great name.
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