People ask for criticism, but they only want praise. — W. Somerset Maugham Criticism Copy Share Image
In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is… — W. Somerset Maugham Country Copy Share Image
For men and women are not only themselves; they are also the region in which they are born, the city apartment or… — W. Somerset Maugham Apartment Copy Share Image
“The great have no friends, dear Blasco. It is the price they must pay for their greatness.” — W. Somerset Maugham Friendship Copy Share Image
As the cosmos are in place, so be it with your life. — W. Somerset Maugham Astronomy 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
“I walked with my eyes on the path, but out of the corners of them I saw a man hiding behind an… — W. Somerset Maugham Beauty Copy Share Image
“The world consists of me and my thoughts and my feelings; and everything else is mere fancy. Life is a dream in… — W. Somerset Maugham Dreams Copy Share Image
The humorist has a good eye for the humbug; he does not always recognize the saint. — W. Somerset Maugham Doe Copy Share Image
It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories. — W. Somerset Maugham Accepting Copy Share Image
“Mrs. MacAndrew shared the common opinion of her sex that a man is always a brute to leave a woman who is… — W. Somerset Maugham Men Copy Share Image
Success. I don't believe it has any effect on me. For one thing I always expected it. — W. Somerset Maugham Believe Copy Share Image
“They say that happy people have no history, and certainly a happy love has none. They did nothing all day long and… — W. Somerset Maugham Happiness Copy Share Image
“...as we know, Christian charity has always been able to make allowances for a lot of good honest hatred,...” — W. Somerset Maugham Generosity Copy Share Image
Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more telling. To know that a thing actually happened gives it a poignancy,… — W. Somerset Maugham Chords Copy Share Image
“There is nothing so difficult as to persuade men that they are ignorant. Bertha, exaggerating the seriousness of the affair, thought it… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
She was a fool and he knew it and because he loved her it had made no difference. — W. Somerset Maugham Differences Copy Share Image
Throw yourself into the hurly-burly of life. It doesn't matter how many mistakes you make, what unhappiness you have to undergo. It… — W. Somerset Maugham Life Copy Share Image
“Did Beethoven create his symphonies for his glorification? I don't believe it. I believe he created them because the music in his… — W. Somerset Maugham Music Copy Share Image
Well, you know when people are no good at anything else they become writers. — W. Somerset Maugham People Copy Share Image
“Even though he had sacrificed her and cared nothing for her, even though he was callous and unkind, she loved him.” — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
All the words I use in my stories can be found in the dictionary-it's just a matter of arranging them into the… — W. Somerset Maugham Arranging Copy Share Image
But there are people who take salt with their coffee. They say it gives a tang, a savour, which is peculiar and… — W. Somerset Maugham Admirable Copy Share Image
