Life is really very fantastic, and one has to have a peculiar sense of humour to see the fun of it. [Virtue] — W. Somerset Maugham Comedy Copy Share Image
“Unless love is passion, it's not love, but something else; and passion thrives not on satisfaction, but on impediment.” — W. Somerset Maugham Love Copy Share Image
“Life is really very fantastic, and one has to have a peculiar sense of humour to see the fun of it.” — W. Somerset Maugham Comedy Copy Share Image
But what is criticism? Criticism is purely destructive; anyone can destroy, but not everyone can build up. — W. Somerset Maugham Criticism Copy Share Image
I'd sooner be smashed into a mangled pulp by a bus when we cross the street than look forward to a life… — W. Somerset Maugham Bus Copy Share Image
“If you haven’t got the gift no one can give it to you, but if you have you can be taught how… — W. Somerset Maugham Gift Copy Share Image
Why did you look at the sunset?' Philip answered with his mouth full: Because I was happy. — W. Somerset Maugham Happy Copy Share Image
There are few things so pleasant as a picnic eaten in perfect comfort. — W. Somerset Maugham Comfort Copy Share Image
Culture is not just an ornament; it is the expression of a nation's character, and at the same time it is a… — W. Somerset Maugham Accountability Copy Share Image
“Is it rash to assume that when a practised writer says a thing, he is more likely to mean what he says… — W. Somerset Maugham Writer Copy Share Image
“You poor lonely boy,' she cried, 'it's so dreadful for you to have no parents.' Well, as my mother was a whore,… — W. Somerset Maugham Humor Copy Share Image
“D'you call life a bad job? Never! We've had our ups and downs, we've had our struggles, we've always been poor, but… — W. Somerset Maugham Bad jobs Copy Share Image
“A man thinks it quite natural that he should fall out of love with a woman, but it never strikes him for… — W. Somerset Maugham Fall out of love Copy Share Image
There was an immeasurable distance between the quick and the dead: they did not seem to belong to the same species; and… — W. Somerset Maugham Distance Copy Share Image
There is no more merit in being able to attach a correct description to a picture than in being able to find… — W. Somerset Maugham Able Copy Share Image
“I wanted to live again and again. I was willing to accept every sort of life, no matter what its pain and… — W. Somerset Maugham Life Copy Share Image
We didn't think much in the air corps of a fellow who wangled a cushy job out of his C.O. by buttering… — W. Somerset Maugham Air Copy Share Image
“The first time he talked in that way he said something that I've never forgotten, because it horrified me; he said that… — W. Somerset Maugham First time Copy Share Image
On the earth, satellite of a star speeding through space, living things had arisen under the influence of conditions which were part… — W. Somerset Maugham Astronomy Copy Share Image
“Some people read for instruction, which is praiseworthy, and some for pleasure, which is innocent, but not a few read from habit,… — W. Somerset Maugham Book Copy Share Image
“ Jeremy Bentham startled the world many years ago by stating in effect that if the amount of pleasure obtained from each… — W. Somerset Maugham Ash wednesday Copy Share Image
“Suddenly he realised that he had lost also that burden of responsibility which made every action of his life a matter of… — W. Somerset Maugham Burden Copy Share Image
“Everyone becomes equally conscious of his body as a separate and complete organism, [but] everyone does not become equally conscious of himself… — W. Somerset Maugham Football match Copy Share Image
“people talk of beauty lightly, and having no feeling for words, they use that one carelessly, so that it loses its force;… — W. Somerset Maugham Beauty Copy Share Image
It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it. — W. Somerset Maugham Happiness Copy Share Image
The secret of play-writing can be given in two maxims: stick to the point, and, whenever you can, cut. — W. Somerset Maugham Cutting Copy Share Image
“It just shows that you may make a great stir in the world and yet sadly fail to impress the members of… — W. Somerset Maugham Make Great Copy Share Image
You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences. — W. Somerset Maugham Consequences Copy Share Image
For the complete life, the perfect pattern includes old age as well as youth and maturity. — W. Somerset Maugham Age Copy Share Image
A woman may be as wicked as she likes, but if she isn't pretty it won't do her much good. — W. Somerset Maugham Good woman Copy Share Image
Common sense and nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult. — W. Somerset Maugham Common Copy Share Image
Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man. — W. Somerset Maugham Bitter Copy Share Image
“Though I said that affection was the greatest enemy of love, I would never deny that it's a very good substitute. I'm… — W. Somerset Maugham Affection Copy Share Image
Now it is a funny thing about life. If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.… — W. Somerset Maugham Accept Copy Share Image
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them,… — W. Somerset Maugham Humble Copy Share Image
“What d'you suppose I care if I'm a gentleman or not? If I were a gentleman I shouldn't waste my time with… — W. Somerset Maugham Gentleman 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
“To my mind the most interesting thing in art is the personality of the artist; and if that is singular, I am… — W. Somerset Maugham Art Copy Share Image
You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no… — W. Somerset Maugham Books Copy Share Image
It was like making a blunder at a party; there was nothing to do about it, it was dreadfully mortifying, but it… — W. Somerset Maugham Blunder Copy Share Image
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