# The Gentleman In The Parlour

- Author: [William Somerset Maugham](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-somerset-maugham.md)
- Quotes: 4
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-somerset-maugham/the-gentleman-in-the-parlour

## Quotes

> There is no silence in the East.

> Mandalay has its name; the falling cadence of the lovely word has gathered about itself the chiaroscuro of romance.

> They are like a face full of character that intrigues and excites you, but that on closer acquaintance you discover is merely the mask of a vulgar soul. Such is Tourane.

p. 582

> The Chinese are the aristocracy of the East.