“Though he had both esteem and admiration for the sensibility of the human race, he had little respect for their intelligence: man… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
There's no one as transparent as the person who thinks he's devilish deep. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“Genius is a word that is very loosely used nowadays. It is ascribed to persons to whom a more sober judgement would… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
If people waited to know one another before they married, the world wouldn't be as overpopulated as it is now. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Genius is talent provided with ideals. Genius starves while talent wears purple and fine linen. The man of genius of today will… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Never pause unless you have a reason for it, but when you pause, pause as long as you can. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“A man thinks it quite natural that he should fall out of love with a woman, but it never strikes him for a moment… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“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… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither. We must be very humble. We… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“There is no more merit in having read a thousand books than in having ploughed a thousand fields.” — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“I wanted to live again and again. I was willing to accept every sort of life, no matter what its pain and sorrow; I… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“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… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
I did not believe him capable of love. That is an emotion in which tenderness is an essential part, but Strickland had no tenderness… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
![“Though he had both esteem and admiration for the sensibility of the human race, he had little respect for their intelligence: man has always found it easier to sacrifice his life than to learn the multiplication table. [Mr Harrington's washing]” quote by W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a0e/w-somerset-maugham-237_human-race_though-he-had-both-esteem-and-admiration_120835.jpg)
