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title: "22 Wells Quotes By W. Somerset Maugham"
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> [Well, you know when people are no good at anything else they become writers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/well-you-know-when-people-are-no-good-at-anything-else-they-become/)

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

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> [You're beginning to dislike me, aren't you? Well, dislike me. It doesn't make any difference to me now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/you-re-beginning-to-dislike-me-aren-t-you-well-dislike-me-it-doesn-t/)

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

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> [Any society that values wealth above freedom will lose its freedom, and will ultimately lose its wealth as well](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/any-society-that-values-wealth-above-freedom-will-lose-its-freedom/)

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

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> [It has been said that good prose should resemble the conversation of a well-bred man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/it-has-been-said-that-good-prose-should-resemble-the-conversation-of/)

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

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> [The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/the-well-dressed-man-is-he-whose-clothes-you-never-notice/)

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

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> [For the complete life, the perfect pattern includes old age as well as youth and maturity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/for-the-complete-life-the-perfect-pattern-includes-old-age-as-well-as/)

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

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> [It's asking a great deal that things should appeal to your reason as well as your sense of the aesthetic. - Of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/it-s-asking-a-great-deal-that-things-should-appeal-to-your-reason-as/)

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

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> [It must be that to govern a nation you need a specific talent and that this may very well exist without general…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/it-must-be-that-to-govern-a-nation-you-need-a-specific-talent-and/)

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

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> ["Do you like card tricks?" "No, I hate card tricks," I answered. "Well, I'll just show you this one." He showed me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/do-you-like-card-tricks-no-i-hate-card-tricks-i-answered-well-i-ll/)

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

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> [Life wouldn’t be worth living if I worried over the future as well as the present. When things are at their worst…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/life-wouldn-t-be-worth-living-if-i-worried-over-the-future-as-well-as/)

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

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> [Oh, it's always the same,' she sighed, 'if you want men to behave well to you, you must be beastly to them;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/oh-it-s-always-the-same-she-sighed-if-you-want-men-to-behave-well-to/)

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

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> [The first duty of a woman is to be pretty, the second is to be well-groomed, and the third is never to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/the-first-duty-of-a-woman-is-to-be-pretty-the-second-is-to-be-well/)

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

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> [You know, when one's in love,' I said, 'and things go all wrong, one's terribly unhappy and one thinks one won't ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/you-know-when-one-s-in-love-i-said-and-things-go-all-wrong-one-s/)

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

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> [You've been brought up like a gentleman and a Christian, and I should be false to the trust laid upon me by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/you-ve-been-brought-up-like-a-gentleman-and-a-christian-and-i-should/)

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

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> [The last words he said to me when I bade him good-night were: Tell Amy it's no good coming after me. Anyhow,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/the-last-words-he-said-to-me-when-i-bade-him-good-night-were-tell-amy/)

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

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> [I think I was a little disappointed in her. I expected then people to be more of a piece than I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/i-think-i-was-a-little-disappointed-in-her-i-expected-then-people-to/)

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

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> [All important persons have about them someone in a subordinate position who has their ear. These dependents are very susceptible to slights,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/all-important-persons-have-about-them-someone-in-a-subordinate/)

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

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> [The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity. The beauty of the morning and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/the-complete-life-the-perfect-pattern-includes-old-age-as-well-as/)

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

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> [A man filled with meat turns his back on the dry bones of political doctrine. Fanatical devotion to the ruling party comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/a-man-filled-with-meat-turns-his-back-on-the-dry-bones-of-political/)

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

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> [No one can write a best seller by trying to. He must write with complete sincerity; the clichés that make you laugh,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/no-one-can-write-a-best-seller-by-trying-to-he-must-write-with/)

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

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> [It is pleasure that lurks in the practice of every one of your virtues. Man performs actions because they are good for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/it-is-pleasure-that-lurks-in-the-practice-of-every-one-of-your/)

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

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> [You Europeans know nothing about America. Because we amass large fortunes you think we care for nothing but money. We are nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/you-europeans-know-nothing-about-america-because-we-amass-large/)

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

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## Other authors on Wells

## 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/)

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