“Philip that there were three things to find out: man's relation to the world he lives in, man's relation with the men… — W. Somerset Maugham Three things 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 Gifted Copy Share Image
The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency. — W. Somerset Maugham Expediency Copy Share Image
“Nothing, I suppose, exasperates a woman more than the sexual desire for her of a man who is physically repellent to her,… — W. Somerset Maugham Sexual desire Copy Share Image
“I used to listen to the monks repeating the Lord's Prayer; I wondered how they could continue to pray without misgiving to… — W. Somerset Maugham Daily bread Copy Share Image
It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their highest perfection. — W. Somerset Maugham Be creative Copy Share Image
“I loved flying. I couldn't describe the feeling it gave me, I only knew I felt proud and happy. In the air,… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“The faculty for myth is innate in the human race. It seizes with avidity upon any incidents, surprising or mysterious, in the… — W. Somerset Maugham Human race Copy Share Image
It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future. — W. Somerset Maugham Enough Copy Share Image
“Patsy had asked him if he had had adventures in Paris and he had truthfully answered no. It was a fact that… — W. Somerset Maugham Adventure Copy Share Image
“How ugly most people are! It's a pity they don't try to make up for it by being agreeable.” — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“They’re like little boys, men. Sometimes of course they’re rather naughty and you have to pretend to be angry with them. They… — W. Somerset Maugham Little boys Copy Share Image
The value of money is that with it we can tell any man to go to the devil. It is the sixth… — W. Somerset Maugham Devil 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
“...he felt a queer little pang of bitterness because reality seemed so different from the ideal” — W. Somerset Maugham Anger Copy Share Image
Men have ascribed to God imperfections that they would deplore in themselves. — W. Somerset Maugham Hell Copy Share Image
“The moral I draw is that the writer should seek his reward in the pleasure of his work and in release from… — W. Somerset Maugham Burden Copy Share Image
He found that it was easy to make a heroic gesture, but hard to abide by its results. — W. Somerset Maugham Easy Copy Share Image
I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation. — W. Somerset Maugham Frame of mind Copy Share Image
“Philip remembered the story of the Eastern King who, desiring to know the history of man, was brought by a sage five… — W. Somerset Maugham History 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
Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of the world in the torment of his… — W. Somerset Maugham Art Copy Share Image
A man filled with meat turns his back on the dry bones of political doctrine. Fanatical devotion to the ruling party comes… — W. Somerset Maugham Bones Copy Share Image
