Make him laugh and he will think you a trivial fellow, but bore him in the right way and your reputation is… — W. Somerset Maugham Assured Copy Share Image
“Gray's conversation was composed of cliches. However shopworn, he uttered them with an obvious conviction that he was the first person to… — W. Somerset Maugham Communication 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
I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is… — W. Somerset Maugham Art Copy Share Image
What mean and cruel things men can do for the love of God. — W. Somerset Maugham Atheism Copy Share Image
The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity. The beauty of the morning and the… — W. Somerset Maugham Age Copy Share Image
“There are psychologists who think that consciousness accompanies brain processes and is determined by them but doesn't itself exert any influence on… — W. Somerset Maugham Chewing gum Copy Share Image
“A virtue that only causes havoc and unhappiness is worth nothing. You can call it virtue if you like. I call it… — W. Somerset Maugham Character Copy Share Image
“wasn’t my fault, it was the circumstances. Can’t you forgive me?” — W. Somerset Maugham Forgiveness Copy Share Image
We Americans... like change. It is at once our weakness and our strength. — W. Somerset Maugham Change Copy Share Image
Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets. — W. Somerset Maugham Destiny Copy Share Image
“Flaubert prided himself on his frankness; it was indeed brutal.” — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
For if the proper study of mankind is man, it is evidently more sensible to occupy yourself with the coherent, substantial and… — W. Somerset Maugham Creatures Copy Share Image
Why did you look at the sunset?' Philip answered with his mouth full: Because I was happy. — W. Somerset Maugham Looks Copy Share Image
“Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five. Without an adequate income… — W. Somerset Maugham Life Copy Share Image
I can only guess that it made the world he went back to...strangely without meaning. Though he lived in it, though he… — W. Somerset Maugham Change Copy Share Image
There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To… — W. Somerset Maugham Evil Copy Share Image
Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it. — W. Somerset Maugham Advice Copy Share Image
The worst of having so much tact was that you never quite knew whether other people were acting naturally or being tactful… — W. Somerset Maugham Acting Copy Share Image
“We English have no very strong attachment to the soil, we can make ourselves at home in any part of the world,… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
But the only important thing in a book is the meaning it has for you; it may have other and much more… — W. Somerset Maugham Book Copy Share Image
She alone had been blind to his merit. Why? Because he loved her and she did not love him. What was it… — W. Somerset Maugham Blind Copy Share Image
