# Quote — William Somerset Maugham, The Razor's Edge

> Nothing in the world is permanent, and we're foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we're still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it. If change is of the essence of existence one would have thought it only sensible to make it the premise of our philosophy.

- Author: [William Somerset Maugham](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-somerset-maugham.md)
- Book: [The Razor's Edge](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-somerset-maugham/the-razors-edge.md)
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> It may be that if I lead the life I've planned for myself it may affect others; the effect may be no greater than the ripple caused by a stone thrown in a pond, but one ripple causes another.

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> Almost all the people who have had most effect on me I seem to have met by chance.

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> He found himself now in the agreeable situation of being able to do what was best for others and at the same time what was convenient to himself.

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