From The Circle: A Comedy in Three Acts by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

For some years I was notoriously the prey of a secret sorrow. But I found so many charming creatures who were anxious to console that in the end it grew rather fatiguing. Out of regard to my health I ceased to frequent the drawing-rooms of Mayfair. (LADY KITTY: And since then?) Since then I have allowed myself the luxury of assisting financially a succession of dear little things, in a somewhat humble sphere, between the ages of twenty and twenty-five. (LADY KITTY: I cannot understand the infatuation of men for young girls. I think they're so dull.) It's a matter of taste. I love old wine, old friends and old books, but I like young women. On their twenty-fifth birthday I give them a diamond ring and tell them they must no longer waste their youth and beauty on an old fogey like me. We have a most affecting scene, my technique on these occasions is perfect, and then I start all over again.

C-C Monologue from The Circle: A Comedy in Three Acts

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