When you're eighteen your emotions are violent, but they're not durable. — W. Somerset Maugham Age Copy Share Image
I thought it was only in revealed religion that a mistranslation improved the sense. — W. Somerset Maugham Atheism Copy Share Image
When things are at their worst, I find something always happens. — W. Somerset Maugham Bondage Copy Share Image
No married man's ever made up his mind until he's heard what his wife has got to say about it. — W. Somerset Maugham Heard Copy Share Image
It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humor. — W. Somerset Maugham Beauty Copy Share Image
It is unfair to expect a politician to live in private up to the statements he makes in public. — W. Somerset Maugham Politician Copy Share Image
“I respect him. He has brains and character; and that, I may tell you, is a very unusual combination.” — W. Somerset Maugham Respect Copy Share Image
A man ought to work. That's what he's here for. That's how he contributes to the welfare of the community. — W. Somerset Maugham Community Copy Share Image
It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for… — W. Somerset Maugham Angry Copy Share Image
The author always loads his dice, but he must never let the reader see that he has done so, and by the… — W. Somerset Maugham Attention Copy Share Image
It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people,… — W. Somerset Maugham Friend Copy Share Image
“It was all very well to aim at the intention of the soul: who could tell what that was when people seemed… — W. Somerset Maugham Contradictions Copy Share Image
“Her pain was so great that she could have screamed at the top of her voice. She had never known that one… — W. Somerset Maugham Heart Copy Share Image
“He loved not only her beauty, but that dim soul which he divined behind her suffering eyes. He would intoxicate her with… — W. Somerset Maugham Beauty Copy Share Image
It is good to be on your guard against an Englishman who speaks French perfectly; he is very likely to be a… — W. Somerset Maugham Cards Copy Share Image
Love is not always blind and there are few things that cause greater wretchedness than to love with all your heart someone… — W. Somerset Maugham Blind Copy Share Image
“I don’t think I shall ever find peace till I make up my mind about things,’ he said gravely. He hesitated. ‘It’s… — W. Somerset Maugham Ask yourself Copy Share Image
“In 1917 I went to Russia. I was sent to prevent the Bolshevik Revolution and to keep Russia in the war. The… — W. Somerset Maugham Revolution Copy Share Image
“Do you know what I think? I think God has been dead for millions upon millions of years. I think when he… — W. Somerset Maugham Existence Copy Share Image
When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most part they deceive themselves. Generally they mean… — W. Somerset Maugham Approval Copy Share Image
“Even here is something sad and terrible. But the impression is fleeting, and serves only to give a greater acuteness to the… — W. Somerset Maugham Business Copy Share Image
“I suppose it had never struck him that, Ischia, which he looked at every evening to see what the weather would be… — W. Somerset Maugham Home Copy Share Image
“Perhaps her faults and follies, the unhappiness she had suffered, were not entirely vain if she could follow the path that now… — W. Somerset Maugham Heart Copy Share Image
“I suppose it was the end of the world for her when her husband and her baby were killed. I suppose she… — W. Somerset Maugham End of the world Copy Share Image
Kant thought things, not because they were true, but because he was Kant. — W. Somerset Maugham Kant Copy Share Image
Its a toss-up when you decide to leave the beaten track. Many are called, few are chosen. — W. Somerset Maugham Chosen Copy Share Image
It is astonishing how many books I find there is no need for me to read at all. — W. Somerset Maugham Astonishing Copy Share Image
If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault, not hers. — W. Somerset Maugham Faults Copy Share Image
The humour of Dostoievsky is the humour of a barloafer who ties a kettle to a dog's tail. — W. Somerset Maugham Animal Copy Share Image
Women are often under the impression that men are much more madly in love with them than they really are. — W. Somerset Maugham Feminism Copy Share Image
“When people say they do not care what others thing of them, for the most part they deceive themselves” — W. Somerset Maugham Deceive Copy Share Image
“We are foolish and sentimental and melodramatic at twenty-five, but if we weren’t perhaps we should be less wise at fifty.” — W. Somerset Maugham Foolish Copy Share Image
An art is only great and significant if it is one that all may enjoy. The art of a clique is but… — W. Somerset Maugham Art Copy Share Image
They say a woman always remembers her first lover with affection; but perhaps she does not always remember him. — W. Somerset Maugham Affection Copy Share Image
The first duty of a woman is to be pretty, the second is to be well-groomed, and the third is never to… — W. Somerset Maugham Duty Copy Share Image
In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally. — W. Somerset Maugham Hollywood Copy Share Image
There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent. — W. Somerset Maugham Art Copy Share Image
“Perhaps that is the wisdom of life, to tread in your father's steps, and look neither to the right nor to the… — W. Somerset Maugham Life Copy Share Image
She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit. — W. Somerset Maugham Pretty Copy Share Image
A soul is a troublesome possession, and when man developed it he lost the Garden of Eden. — W. Somerset Maugham Eden Copy Share Image
