It is a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very… — W. Somerset Maugham
It is a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it: if you utterly decline to make do with what you can get, then somehow or other you are very likely to get what you want.
1940
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Citation
Maugham, William Somerset. "The Treasure." The Mixture as Before. William Heinemann/Doubleday Doran, 1940.