“Passion doesn’t count the cost. Pascal said that the heart has its reasons that reason takes no account of. If he meant what I think, he meant that when passion seizes the heart it invents reasons that seem not only… — W Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
You can do anything in this world if you are prepares to take the consequences. — W Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“Her happiness, sometimes almost more than she could bear, renewed her beauty. Just before she married, beginning to lose her first freshness, she had… — W Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most part they deceive themselves. Generally they mean only that no one will know their vulgarities; and at the utmost only that they are willing to act contrary to the opinion of the majority because they are supported by the approval of their neighbours. It is… — W Somerset Maugham Copy Share
“He wondered whether he had done right. He was dissatisfied with himself and with all his circumstances. He asked himself dully whether whenever you… — W Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character. --W. Somerset Maugham — W Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking.” — W Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most part they deceive themselves. Generally they mean only that no one will know their vulgarities; and at the utmost only that they are willing to act contrary to the opinion of the majority because they are supported by the approval of their neighbours. It is… — W Somerset Maugham Copy Share
Lady Hodmarsh and the duchess immediately assumedthe clinging affability that persons of rank assume with their inferiors in order to show them that they… — W Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
To eat well in England, you should have a breakfast three times a day. — W Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“Supposing there is no life everlasting. Think what it means if death is really the end of all things. They've given up all for… — W Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
It is funny about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the very best you will very often get it. — W Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“I wonder if you're not over-sensitive about your misfortune. Has it ever struck you to thank God for it? As long as you accept… — W Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
