--- title: "9 Loved Quotes By W. Somerset Maugham" description: "9 Loved quotes by W. Somerset Maugham. Plus more from W. Somerset Maugham and more Loved sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d5/w-somerset-maugham-237_famous-love_there-s-always-one-who-loves-and-one-who_245673.jpg" --- > [There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/there-s-always-one-who-loves-and-one-who-lets-himself-be-loved/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d5/w-somerset-maugham-237_famous-love_there-s-always-one-who-loves-and-one-who_245673.jpg) > [When you have loved as she has loved, you grow old beautifully.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/when-you-have-loved-as-she-has-loved-you-grow-old-beautifully/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/006/w-somerset-maugham-237_age_when-you-have-loved-as-she-has-loved-you_2692250.jpg) > [“here’s always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/here-s-always-one-who-loves-and-one-who-lets-himself-be-loved/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58d/w-somerset-maugham-237_lets_here-s-always-one-who-loves-and-one-who_3221723.jpg) > [As if a woman ever loved a man for his virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/as-if-a-woman-ever-loved-a-man-for-his-virtue/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eaa/w-somerset-maugham-237_feminism_as-if-a-woman-ever-loved-a-man-for-his-v_326284.jpg) > [and he loved her suddenly because she loved him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/and-he-loved-her-suddenly-because-she-loved-him/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/187/w-somerset-maugham-237_heart_and-he-loved-her-suddenly-because-she-lo_497970.jpg) > [“I shall beat you,' he said, looking at her. How else should I know you loved me,' she answered.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/i-shall-beat-you-he-said-looking-at-her-how-else-should-i-know-you/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b3/w-somerset-maugham-237_love_i-shall-beat-you-he-said-looking-at-her_2344172.jpg) > [She’s wonderful. Tell her I’ve never seen such beautiful hands. I wonder what she sees in you.” Waddington, smiling, translated the question.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/she-s-wonderful-tell-her-i-ve-never-seen-such-beautiful-hands-i/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db2/w-somerset-maugham-237_beautiful_she-s-wonderful-tell-her-i-ve-never-seen_2848850.jpg) > [I did not believe him capable of love. That is an emotion in which tenderness is an essential part, but Strickland had…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/431/w-somerset-maugham-237_believe_i-did-not-believe-him-capable-of-love-th_56527.jpg) > [“I had no illusions about you,' he said. 'I knew you were silly and frivolous and empty-headed. But I loved you. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/i-had-no-illusions-about-you-he-said-i-knew-you-were-silly-and/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95f/w-somerset-maugham-237_husbands_i-had-no-illusions-about-you-he-said-i-k_3095053.jpg) ## Other authors on Loved ## 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/loved/w-somerset-maugham/#itemlist", "name": "9 Loved Quotes By W. Somerset Maugham", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "W. 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'I knew you were silly and frivolous and empty-headed. But I loved you. I knew that your aims and ideals were vulgar and commonplace. But I loved you. I knew that you were second-rate. But I loved you. It's comic when I think how hard I tried to be amused by the things that amused you and how anxious I was to hide from you that I wasn't ignorant and vulgar and scandal-mongering and stupid. I knew how frightened you were of intelligence and I did everything I could to make you think me as big a fool as the rest of the men you knew. I knew that you'd only married me for convenience. I loved you so much, I didn't care. Most people, as far as I can see, when they're in love with someone and the love isn't returned feel that they have a grievance. They grow angry and bitter. I wasn't like that. I never expected you to love me, I didn't see any reason that you should. I never thought myself very lovable. 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