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> [“It was the period in Germany of Goethe’s highest fame. Notwithstanding his rather condescending attitude towards patriotism he had been adopted as the national poet, and seemed since the war of seventy to be one of the most significant glories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-somerset-maugham/it-was-the-period-in-germany-of-goethe-s-highest-fame-notwithstanding/)

[William Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-somerset-maugham/)

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## Other authors on Goethe

## More by William Somerset Maugham

> [“You know, I don’t believe in churches and parsons and all that,” she said, “but I believe in God, and I don’t believe He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-somerset-maugham/you-know-i-don-t-believe-in-churches-and-parsons-and-all-that-she/)

[William Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-somerset-maugham/)

> [“It was the period in Germany of Goethe’s highest fame. Notwithstanding his rather condescending attitude towards patriotism he had been adopted as the national…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-somerset-maugham/it-was-the-period-in-germany-of-goethe-s-highest-fame-notwithstanding/)

[William Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-somerset-maugham/)

> [If people waited to know one another before they married, the world wouldn't be so grossly over-populated as it is now](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-somerset-maugham/if-people-waited-to-know-one-another-before-they-married-the-world/)

[William Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-somerset-maugham/)

> [“It was an exquisite memorial to that than which the world offers but one thing more precious, to a friendship; and as Philip looked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-somerset-maugham/it-was-an-exquisite-memorial-to-that-than-which-the-world-offers-but/)

[William Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-somerset-maugham/)

> [Money is like a sixth sense - and you can't make use of the other five without it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-somerset-maugham/money-is-like-a-sixth-sense-and-you-can-t-make-use-of-the-other-five/)

[William Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-somerset-maugham/)

> [“She knew nothing about children. After it was settled that Philip should come down to Blackstable, Mrs. Carey had thought much how she should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-somerset-maugham/she-knew-nothing-about-children-after-it-was-settled-that-philip/)

[William Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-somerset-maugham/)

> [“His heart went out to them. There was one quality which they had that he did not remember to have noticed in people before,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-somerset-maugham/his-heart-went-out-to-them-there-was-one-quality-which-they-had-that/)

[William Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-somerset-maugham/)

> [“Man has always found it easier to sacrifice his life than to learn the multiplication table.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-somerset-maugham/man-has-always-found-it-easier-to-sacrifice-his-life-than-to-learn/)

[William Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-somerset-maugham/)

> [“Philip came gradually to know the people he was to live with, and by fragments of conversation, some of it not meant for his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-somerset-maugham/philip-came-gradually-to-know-the-people-he-was-to-live-with-and-by/)

[William Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-somerset-maugham/)

> [“The bright hopes of youth had to be paid for at such a bitter price of disillusionment. Pain and disease and unhappiness weighed down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-somerset-maugham/the-bright-hopes-of-youth-had-to-be-paid-for-at-such-a-bitter-price/)

[William Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-somerset-maugham/)

> [“Then he saw that the normal was the rarest thing in the world. Everyone had some defect, of body or of mind: he thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-somerset-maugham/then-he-saw-that-the-normal-was-the-rarest-thing-in-the-world/)

[William Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-somerset-maugham/)

> [“Next morning on her way to the factory Liza came up with Sally. They were both of them rather stale and bedraggled after the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-somerset-maugham/next-morning-on-her-way-to-the-factory-liza-came-up-with-sally-they/)

[William Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-somerset-maugham/)

> [“He looked at the people walking about and envied them because they had friends; sometimes his envy turned to hatred because they were happy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-somerset-maugham/he-looked-at-the-people-walking-about-and-envied-them-because-they/)

[William Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-somerset-maugham/)

> [Beauty is a bit of a bore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-somerset-maugham/beauty-is-a-bit-of-a-bore/)

[William Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-somerset-maugham/)

> [“Philip realised that they had done with life, these two quiet little people: they belonged to a past generation, and they were waiting there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-somerset-maugham/philip-realised-that-they-had-done-with-life-these-two-quiet-little/)

[William Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-somerset-maugham/)

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