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> [“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 minds much about what you do as long as you keep your end up and help…](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/)

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## 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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