Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.

W. Somerset Maugham

I was astonished to see him in Baghdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra.

W. Somerset Maugham · The source reads: “I [Death] was astonished to see him in Baghdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra.” · Sheppy, 1933; Death speaking.

There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.

W. Somerset Maugham · Philip Carey to Norah, who has just said she always knew he loved her less than she loved him.

Impropriety is the soul of wit.

W. Somerset Maugham

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A beggar amidst great riches.

Horace · The source reads: “Magnas inter opes inops. A beggar amidst great riches.”

A broker is a man who takes your fortune and runs it into a shoestring.

Alexander Woollcott

When you don't have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, it's sex. When you have both it's health.

J. P. Donleavy

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“Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.”

“I was astonished to see him in Baghdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra.”

“There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.”

“Impropriety is the soul of wit.”

“A beggar amidst great riches.”

“A broker is a man who takes your fortune and runs it into a shoestring.”

“When you don't have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, it's sex. When you have both it's health.”