A Quote by W. Somerset Maugham

I prefer a loose woman to a selfish one and a wanton to a fool.

W. Somerset Maugham

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W. Somerset Maugham
British - Novelist
January 25, 1874 - December 16, 1965

Show me a man or woman who cannot stand mysteries and I will show you a fool, a clever fool - perhaps - but a fool just the same.

Raymond Chandler

Indeed, I was so afraid to dishonour my friends and family by my indiscreet actions, that I rather chose to be accounted a fool, than to be thought rude or wanton.

Margaret Cavendish

Capricious, wanton, bold, and brutal Lust Is meanly selfish; when resisted, cruel; And, like the blast of Pestilential Winds, Taints the sweet bloom of Nature's fairest forms.

John Milton

In my team, I don't want selfish players. I prefer to lose a game than have selfish players. I don't want that in my club. Never.

Antonio Conte

It is a fool's sheep that breaks loose twice.

Ashanti

You have heretofore found out, by my teachings, that man is a fool; you are now aware that woman is a damned fool.

Mark Twain

It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool.

Harold MacMillan

A woman who acts like a fool is a fool.

Arthur Golden

I prefer being penetrated by iron to seeing Palestine is loose.

Theodor Herzl

Idiot! Lunatic! Moron! Jackass! Selfish irresponsible fool!

Stephenie Meyer

Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose. Superstition and dogmatism cannot confine it.

John Adams

I strongly prefer to keep my hair loose and wavy, leaving it as natural as possible.

Chiara Ferragni

Where all are selfish, the sage is no better than the fool, and only rather more dangerous.

James Anthony Froude

I prefer to be hated than be false and fool people.

Kristen Stewart

Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others. Don't be afraid to be thought arrogant or selfish.

Christopher Hitchens

I've always been antagonistic to any naïve application of the selfish gene theory to politics. Some people have attempted to suggest that it means we are selfish or we should be selfish.

Richard Dawkins

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