--- title: "22 Made Quotes By W. Somerset Maugham" description: "22 Made quotes by W. Somerset Maugham. Plus more from W. Somerset Maugham and more Made sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83a/w-somerset-maugham-237_failure_i-m-only-twenty-five-if-i-ve-made-a-mist_546995.jpg" --- > [I'm only twenty-five. If I've made a mistake I have time to correct it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/i-m-only-twenty-five-if-i-ve-made-a-mistake-i-have-time-to-correct-it/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83a/w-somerset-maugham-237_failure_i-m-only-twenty-five-if-i-ve-made-a-mist_546995.jpg) > [No married man's ever made up his mind until he's heard what his wife has got to say about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/no-married-man-s-ever-made-up-his-mind-until-he-s-heard-what-his-wife/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccd/w-somerset-maugham-237_heard_no-married-man-s-ever-made-up-his-mind-u_1224938.jpg) > [I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/i-made-up-my-mind-long-ago-that-life-was-too-short-to-do-anything-for/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64a/w-somerset-maugham-237_life_i-made-up-my-mind-long-ago-that-life-was_2385707.jpg) > [I have always been convinced that if a woman once made up her mind to marry a man, nothing but instant flight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/i-have-always-been-convinced-that-if-a-woman-once-made-up-her-mind-to/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd8/w-somerset-maugham-237_convinced_i-have-always-been-convinced-that-if-a-w_2063645.jpg) > [She was a fool and he knew it and because he loved her it had made no difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/she-was-a-fool-and-he-knew-it-and-because-he-loved-her-it-had-made-no/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/163/w-somerset-maugham-237_differences_she-was-a-fool-and-he-knew-it-and-becaus_198631.jpg) > [What was it in the human heart that made you despise a man because he loved you?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/what-was-it-in-the-human-heart-that-made-you-despise-a-man-because-he/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/176/w-somerset-maugham-237_despise_what-was-it-in-the-human-heart-that-made_2497702.jpg) > [I can only guess that it made the world he went back to...strangely without meaning. Though he lived in it, though he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/i-can-only-guess-that-it-made-the-world-he-went-back-to-strangely/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4a/w-somerset-maugham-237_change_i-can-only-guess-that-it-made-the-world_1178163.jpg) > [She plunged into a sea of platitudes, and with the powerful breast stroke of a channel swimmer, made her confident way towards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/she-plunged-into-a-sea-of-platitudes-and-with-the-powerful-breast/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4d/w-somerset-maugham-237_breasts_she-plunged-into-a-sea-of-platitudes-and_2650384.jpg) > [Through the history of the world there have always been exploiters and exploited. There always will be ... because the great mass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/through-the-history-of-the-world-there-have-always-been-exploiters/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/682/w-somerset-maugham-237_atheism_through-the-history-of-the-world-there-h_1823224.jpg) > [There's nothing the world loves more than a ready-made description which they can hang on to a man, and so save themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/there-s-nothing-the-world-loves-more-than-a-ready-made-description/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b92/w-somerset-maugham-237_description_there-s-nothing-the-world-loves-more-tha_523240.jpg) > [I am afraid of people with too much charm. They devour you. In the end you are made a sacrifice to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/i-am-afraid-of-people-with-too-much-charm-they-devour-you-in-the-end/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/640/w-somerset-maugham-237_charm_i-am-afraid-of-people-with-too-much-char_1644735.jpg) > [She alone had been blind to his merit. Why? Because he loved her and she did not love him. What was it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/she-alone-had-been-blind-to-his-merit-why-because-he-loved-her-and/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c52/w-somerset-maugham-237_blind_she-alone-had-been-blind-to-his-merit-wh_1219061.jpg) > [Her tears were partly tears of happiness, for she felt that the strangeness between them was gone. She loved him now with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/her-tears-were-partly-tears-of-happiness-for-she-felt-that-the/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71e/w-somerset-maugham-237_gone_her-tears-were-partly-tears-of-happiness_3178419.jpg) > [Cronshaw stopped for a moment to drink. He had pondered for twenty years the problem whether he loved liquor because it made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/cronshaw-stopped-for-a-moment-to-drink-he-had-pondered-for-twenty/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/565/w-somerset-maugham-237_communication_cronshaw-stopped-for-a-moment-to-drink-h_259918.jpg) > [Why should you think that beauty, which is the most precious thing in the world, lies like a stone on the beach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/why-should-you-think-that-beauty-which-is-the-most-precious-thing-in/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f7/w-somerset-maugham-237_adventure_why-should-you-think-that-beauty-which-i_1672581.jpg) > [For men and women are not only themselves; they are also the region in which they are born, the city apartment or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/for-men-and-women-are-not-only-themselves-they-are-also-the-region-in/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/635/w-somerset-maugham-237_apartment_for-men-and-women-are-not-only-themselve_134133.jpg) > [The mathematician who after seeing Phedre asked: 'Qu'est que ca prouve?' was not such a fool as he has been generally made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/the-mathematician-who-after-seeing-phedre-asked-qu-est-que-ca-prouve/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04b/w-somerset-maugham-237_able_the-mathematician-who-after-seeing-phedr_1669321.jpg) > [I want a girl because I want to bring her up so that she shan't make the mistakes I've made. When I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/i-want-a-girl-because-i-want-to-bring-her-up-so-that-she-shan-t-make/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/891/w-somerset-maugham-237_and-love_i-want-a-girl-because-i-want-to-bring-he_268824.jpg) > [It needs a good deal of philosophy not to be mortified by the thought of persons who have voluntarily abandoned everything that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/it-needs-a-good-deal-of-philosophy-not-to-be-mortified-by-the-thought/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d6/w-somerset-maugham-237_abandoned_it-needs-a-good-deal-of-philosophy-not-t_122286.jpg) > [The ballet. I saw in the fugitive beauty of a dancer's gesture a symbol of life. It was achieved at the cost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/the-ballet-i-saw-in-the-fugitive-beauty-of-a-dancer-s-gesture-a/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcc/w-somerset-maugham-237_air_the-ballet-i-saw-in-the-fugitive-beauty_1820924.jpg) > [I knew that suffering did not enoble; it degraded. It made men selfish, petty and suspicious. It absorbed them in small things...it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/i-knew-that-suffering-did-not-enoble-it-degraded-it-made-men-selfish/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2d/w-somerset-maugham-237_made_i-knew-that-suffering-did-not-enoble-it_1408655.jpg) > [Common-sense appears to be only another name for the thoughtlessness of the unthinking. It is made of the prejudices of childhood, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/common-sense-appears-to-be-only-another-name-for-the-thoughtlessness/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdc/w-somerset-maugham-237_character_common-sense-appears-to-be-only-another_2954870.jpg) ## Other authors on Made ## 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/made/w-somerset-maugham/#itemlist", "name": "22 Made Quotes By W. Somerset Maugham", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm only twenty-five. If I've made a mistake I have time to correct it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "W. 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