The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties. — W. Somerset Maugham Sixties Copy Share Image
At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely. — W. Somerset Maugham Dinner Copy Share Image
“If the future was so vague it meant perhaps that she was destined never to see it.” — W. Somerset Maugham Future Copy Share Image
“here’s always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.” — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character. — W. Somerset Maugham Character Copy Share Image
Thank God, I can look at a sunset now without having to think how to describe it — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
I wonder how anyone can have the face to condemn others when he reflects upon his own thoughts. — W. Somerset Maugham Faces Copy Share Image
“I shall beat you,' he said, looking at her. How else should I know you loved me,' she answered.” — W. Somerset Maugham Love Copy Share Image
There in the mist, enormous, majestic, silent and terrible, stood the Great Wall of China. Solitarily, with the indifference of nature herself,… — W. Somerset Maugham China Copy Share Image
“He was thankful not to have to believe in God, for then such a condition of things would be intolerable; one could… — W. Somerset Maugham Believe in god Copy Share Image
“The fact was that he had ceased to believe not for this reason or the other, but because he had not the… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“If there's anything I dislike it's the violin", she answered. "Why one should want to hear anyone scrape the hairs of a… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Through the history of the world there have always been exploiters and exploited. There always will be ... because the great mass… — W. Somerset Maugham Atheism Copy Share Image
“Society tempts me to its service by honours and riches and the good opinion of my fellows; but I am indifferent to… — W. Somerset Maugham Money Copy Share Image
“He took you by force–yes, he was drunk at the time. It’s not the first time that’s happened to a woman and… — W. Somerset Maugham Drunk Copy Share Image
The highest activities of consciousness have their origins in physical occurrences of the brain, just as the loveliest melodies are not too… — W. Somerset Maugham Brain Copy Share Image
“I used to listen to the monks repeating the Lord's Prayer; I wondered how they could continue to pray without misgiving to… — W. Somerset Maugham Daily bread Copy Share Image
“He did not know what he sought or what his journeys would bring him; but he had a feeling that he would… — W. Somerset Maugham Life Copy Share Image
“But that wasn't the chief thing that bothered me: I couldn't reconcile myself with that preoccupation with sin that, so far as… — W. Somerset Maugham Foul language Copy Share Image
I can only guess that it made the world he went back to...strangely without meaning. Though he lived in it, though he… — W. Somerset Maugham Change Copy Share Image
A writer need not devour a whole sheep in order to know what mutton tastes like, but he must at least eat… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“He was always seeking for a meaning in life, and here it seemed to him that a meaning was offered; but it… — W. Somerset Maugham Life Copy Share Image
“A man who is a politician at forty is a statesman at three score and ten. It is at this age, when… — W. Somerset Maugham Politician Copy Share Image
All important persons have about them someone in a subordinate position who has their ear. These dependents are very susceptible to slights,… — W. Somerset Maugham Animosity Copy Share Image
“Passion may be false, trivial or unnatural, but, if violent enough, is not without some trace of grandeur.” — W. Somerset Maugham Grandeur Copy Share Image
We who are of mature age seldom suspect how unmercifully and yet with what insight the very young judge us. — W. Somerset Maugham Age Copy Share Image
“No egoism is so insufferable as the Christian with regard to his soul.” — W. Somerset Maugham Christian Copy Share Image
The drama is make-believe. It does not deal with truth but with effect. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“There are three secrets to writing a novel. Unfortunately nobody knows what they are.” — W. Somerset Maugham Books Copy Share Image
Do you absolutely despise me, Walter?" "No." He hesitated and his voice was strange. "I despise myself. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
The author always loads his dice, but he must never let the reader see that he has done so. — W. Somerset Maugham Author Copy Share Image
“I respect him. He has brains and character; and that, I may tell you, is a very unusual combination.” — W. Somerset Maugham Respect Copy Share Image
Its a toss-up when you decide to leave the beaten track. Many are called, few are chosen. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Kant thought things, not because they were true, but because he was Kant. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
A man ought to work. That's what he's here for. That's how he contributes to the welfare of the community. — W. Somerset Maugham Community Copy Share Image
The humour of Dostoievsky is the humour of a barloafer who ties a kettle to a dog's tail. — W. Somerset Maugham Animal Copy Share Image
If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault, not hers. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
It is astonishing how many books I find there is no need for me to read at all. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
They say a woman always remembers her first lover with affection; but perhaps she does not always remember him. — W. Somerset Maugham Affection Copy Share Image
An art is only great and significant if it is one that all may enjoy. The art of a clique is but… — W. Somerset Maugham Art Copy Share Image
