--- title: "3 Face to face Quotes By W. Somerset Maugham" description: "3 Face to face quotes by W. Somerset Maugham. Plus more from W. Somerset Maugham and more Face to face sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c05/w-somerset-maugham-237_beautiful_people-talk-of-beauty-lightly-and-having_545517.jpg" --- > [People talk of beauty lightly, and having no feeling for words, they use that one carelessly, so that it loses its force;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/people-talk-of-beauty-lightly-and-having-no-feeling-for-words-they/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c05/w-somerset-maugham-237_beautiful_people-talk-of-beauty-lightly-and-having_545517.jpg) > [“people talk of beauty lightly, and having no feeling for words, they use that one carelessly, so that it loses its force;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/people-talk-of-beauty-lightly-and-having-no-feeling-for-words-they-2/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ee/w-somerset-maugham-237_beauty_people-talk-of-beauty-lightly-and-having_2352450.jpg) > [“Then this must be my answer: We know that the attributes of God are infinite and it has always seemed strange to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/then-this-must-be-my-answer-we-know-that-the-attributes-of-god-are/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/225/w-somerset-maugham-237_adventurous-spirit_then-this-must-be-my-answer-we-know-that_2697013.jpg) ## Other authors on Face to face - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oscar-wilde-72846.jpg) Oscar Wilde 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/face-to-face/oscar-wilde/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-marcel-proust-63212.jpg) Marcel Proust 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/face-to-face/marcel-proust/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oswald-chambers-72884.jpg) Oswald Chambers 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/face-to-face/oswald-chambers/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/face-to-face/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-f-scott-fitzgerald-34497.jpg) F. Scott Fitzgerald 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/face-to-face/f-scott-fitzgerald/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nishan-panwar-14.jpg) Nishan Panwar 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/face-to-face/nishan-panwar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-miller-41629.jpg) Henry Miller 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/face-to-face/henry-miller/) ## More by W. Somerset Maugham > [“A man thinks it quite natural that he should fall out of love with a woman, but it never strikes him for a moment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/a-man-thinks-it-quite-natural-that-he-should-fall-out-of-love-with-a/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) > [“A man's work reveals him. In social intercourse he gives you the surface that he wishes the world to accept, but in his book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/a-man-s-work-reveals-him-in-social-intercourse-he-gives-you-the/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) > [Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/love-is-only-a-dirty-trick-played-on-us-to-achieve-continuation-of/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) > [The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither. We must be very humble. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/the-world-is-hard-and-cruel-we-are-here-none-knows-why-and-we-go-none/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) > [“There is no more merit in having read a thousand books than in having ploughed a thousand fields.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/there-is-no-more-merit-in-having-read-a-thousand-books-than-in-having/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) > [“I wanted to live again and again. I was willing to accept every sort of life, no matter what its pain and sorrow; I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/i-wanted-to-live-again-and-again-i-was-willing-to-accept-every-sort/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) > [In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/in-hollywood-the-women-are-all-peaches-it-makes-one-long-for-an-apple/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) > [Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/follow-your-inclinations-with-due-regard-to-the-policeman-round-the/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) > [“His love became a prison from which he longed to escape, but he had not the strength merely to open the door-that was all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/his-love-became-a-prison-from-which-he-longed-to-escape-but-he-had/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) > [I did not believe him capable of love. That is an emotion in which tenderness is an essential part, but Strickland had no tenderness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/i-did-not-believe-him-capable-of-love-that-is-an-emotion-in-which/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) > [If only the good were a little less heavy-footed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/if-only-the-good-were-a-little-less-heavy-footed/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) > [Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/perfection-has-one-grave-defect-it-is-apt-to-be-dull/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) > [“A God that can be understood is no God. Who can explain the Infinite in words?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/a-god-that-can-be-understood-is-no-god-who-can-explain-the-infinite/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) > [“My dear, you used to be quite a dish; now you're quite a tureen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/my-dear-you-used-to-be-quite-a-dish-now-you-re-quite-a-tureen/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) > [“When people say they do not care what others thing of them, for the most part they deceive themselves”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/when-people-say-they-do-not-care-what-others-thing-of-them-for-the/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/face-to-face/w-somerset-maugham/#itemlist", "name": "3 Face to face Quotes By W. 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