It has been said that metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct. — W. Somerset Maugham Believe Copy Share Image
Women's hearts are like old china, none the worse for a break or two. — W. Somerset Maugham Break Copy Share Image
At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely. — W. Somerset Maugham Dinner Copy Share Image
The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties. — W. Somerset Maugham Sixties Copy Share Image
One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one's life with her. — W. Somerset Maugham Love Copy Share Image
“She did not know why it seemed to her so tragic to cry in her sleep.” — W. Somerset Maugham Sleep Copy Share Image
“...peace of mind: Thou shalt have it only, the answer seemed to come to me, when thou has ceased to desire it.” — W. Somerset Maugham Peace Copy Share Image
Do you know that conversation is one of the greatest pleasures in life? But it wants leisure. — W. Somerset Maugham Communication Copy Share Image
I am sick of this way of life. The weariness and sadness of old age make it intolerable. I have walked with… — W. Somerset Maugham Age Copy Share Image
“Grief she could not feel, for there had been too much bitterness between her mother and herself to leave in her heart… — W. Somerset Maugham Love Copy Share Image
“don't think that women ought to sit down at table with men. It ruins conversation and I'm sure it's very bad for… — W. Somerset Maugham Communication Copy Share Image
There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This… — W. Somerset Maugham Action Copy Share Image
“No one any good you be sure,' said Mrs. Kemp. 'I can't swaller these new people as are comin' in; the street… — W. Somerset Maugham New people Copy Share Image
“His love became a prison from which he longed to escape, but he had not the strength merely to open the door-that… — W. Somerset Maugham Love Copy Share Image
“She would not risk to grow so fond of her home that it was a pain to leave it; she preferred to… — W. Somerset Maugham Beauty Copy Share Image
“I've got no mother, no wife, no kids. I had, but my mother's dead, and I lost my wife and my kids… — W. Somerset Maugham Bitches Copy Share Image
“Why don’t you give up drinking?” “Because I don’t choose. It doesn’t matter what a man does if he’s ready to take… — W. Somerset Maugham Drink Copy Share Image
The arguments for immortality, weak when you take them one by one, are no more cogent when you take them together... For… — W. Somerset Maugham Argument Copy Share Image
“C.-C.: Tell me frankly, Kitty, don't you think people make a lot of unnecessary fuss about love? LADY KITTY: It's the most… — W. Somerset Maugham Love Copy Share Image
Each one of us is alone in the world. He is shut in a tower of brass, and can communicate with his… — W. Somerset Maugham Accepting Copy Share Image
“I haven't deeply considered the matter [...] but if to look truth in the face and not resent it when it's unpalatable,… — W. Somerset Maugham Cynic Copy Share Image
“I do not speak of that greatness which is achieved by the fortunate politician or the successful soldier; that is a quality… — W. Somerset Maugham Change Copy Share Image
“It was one of the queer things of life that you saw a person every day for months and were so intimate… — W. Somerset Maugham Companion Copy Share Image
“Humility is a virtue that is enjoined upon us. So far as the artist is concerned, with good reason; indeed, when he… — W. Somerset Maugham Art Copy Share Image
The humorist has a good eye for the humbug; he does not always recognize the saint. — W. Somerset Maugham Comedy Copy Share Image
Writing is a wholetime job: no professional writer can afford only to write when he feels like it. — W. Somerset Maugham Feels Copy Share Image
“I wasn't frightened for myself; I was indignant; it was the wickedness of it that broke me.” — W. Somerset Maugham Indignant Copy Share Image
No egoism is so insufferable as that of the Christian with regard to his soul. — W. Somerset Maugham Christian Copy Share Image
“But their fondest thoughts went to the two sons who had brought honour and glory to their ancient name.” — W. Somerset Maugham Sons Copy Share Image
“It's a habit, and I'm just as uncomfortable if I don't read as if I don't smoke.” — W. Somerset Maugham Habit Copy Share Image
“It is a riddle which shares with the universe the merit of having no answer.” — W. Somerset Maugham Mystery Copy Share Image
“Flaubert prided himself on his frankness; it was indeed brutal.” — W. Somerset Maugham Flaubert Copy Share Image
If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech. — W. Somerset Maugham Communication Copy Share Image
We have long passed the Victorian Era when asterisks were followed after a certain interval by a baby. — W. Somerset Maugham Baby Copy Share Image
There's no one as transparent as the person who thinks he's devilish deep. — W. Somerset Maugham Deep Copy Share Image
“I don't ask you to forgive me. I don't ask you to love me as you used to love me. But couldn't… — W. Somerset Maugham Forgive Copy Share Image
It's always difficult to make conversation with a drunk, and there's no denying it, the sober are at a disadvantage with him. — W. Somerset Maugham Communication Copy Share Image
The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself. — W. Somerset Maugham Inspirational Copy Share Image
Man has always sacrificed truth to his vanity, comfort and advantage. He lives not by truth but by make-believe. — W. Somerset Maugham Advantage Copy Share Image
There is only one thing about which I am certain, and this is that there is very little about which one can… — W. Somerset Maugham Certain Copy Share Image
![“I haven't deeply considered the matter [...] but if to look truth in the face and not resent it when it's unpalatable, and take human nature as you find it, smiling when it's absurd and grieved without exaggeration when it's pitiful, is to be cynical, then I suppose I'm a cynic. Mostly human…” quote by W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e51/w-somerset-maugham-237_human-nature_i-haven-t-deeply-considered-the-matter-b_484661.jpg)
