Death Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham

I [Death] was astonished to see him in Baghdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra.

— W. Somerset Maugham

Evil can be condoned only if in the beyond it is compensated by good and god himself needs immortality to vindicate his…

— W. Somerset Maugham

I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and I regret nothing.

— W. Somerset Maugham

Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the dead because they have ceased to exist.

— W. Somerset Maugham

The subjunctive mood is in its death throes, and the best thing to do is to put it out of its misery…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“When death stood round the corner, taking lives like a gardener digging up potatoes, it was foolishness to care what dirty things…

— W. Somerset Maugham

Dying is the most hellishly boresome experience in the world! Particularly when it entails dying of 'natural causes'.

— W. Somerset Maugham

“His death had been as futile as his life. He died ingloriously, of a stupid disease, failing once more, even at the…

— W. Somerset Maugham

I am sick of this way of life. The weariness and sadness of old age make it intolerable. I have walked with…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“It's dreadful, isn't it?" "What? Death?" "Yes. It makes everything else seem so horribly trivial. He doesn't look human. When you look…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Death ends all things and so is the comprehensive conclusion of a story, but marriage finishes it veru properly too and the…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“There was no meaning in life, and man by living served no end. It was immaterial whether he was born or not…

— W. Somerset Maugham

One does not really feel much grief at other people's sorrows; one tries, and puts on a melancholy face, thinking oneself brutal…

— W. Somerset Maugham

The arguments for immortality, weak when you take them one by one, are no more cogent when you take them together... For…

— W. Somerset Maugham

It is clear that men accept an immediate pain rather than an immediate pleasure, but only because they expect a greater pleasure…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“To Lucy it was an admirable study, the contrast between the man who threw his whole soul into a certain aim, which…

— W. Somerset Maugham

The tragedy of love is not death or separation. How long do you think it would have been before one or other…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“I’m not afraid of my fear. It’s folly, the Christian argument that you should live always in view of your death. The…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Death speaks: There was a merchant in Bagdad who sent his servant to market to buy provisions and in a little while…

— W. Somerset Maugham

Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it.

— W. Somerset Maugham