“The air was heavy with the musty smell of humanity. But they danced furiously as though impelled by some strange power within… — W. Somerset Maugham Desire Copy Share Image
“Two little drops in that river that flowed silently towards the unknown; two little drops that to themselves had so much individuality… — W. Somerset Maugham 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
“He did not know how wide a country, arid and precipitous, must be crossed before the traveller through life comes to an… — W. Somerset Maugham Life Copy Share Image
“I found something wonderfully satisfying in the notion that you can attain Reality by knowledge. In later ages the sages of India… — W. Somerset Maugham Knowledge Copy Share Image
“It was a cold morning, and he shivered a little; but he had been taught by his uncle that his prayers were… — W. Somerset Maugham Asceticism Copy Share Image
“It was a night so beautiful that your soul seemed hardly able to bear the prison of the body.” — W. Somerset Maugham Spirituality Copy Share Image
Thank God, I can look at a sunset now without having to think how to describe it — W. Somerset Maugham I can Copy Share Image
“I wonder if it matters that what they have aimed at is illusion. Their lives are in themselves beautiful. I have an… — W. Somerset Maugham Art Copy Share Image
The Americans, who are the most efficient people on the earth, have carried [phrase-making] to such a height of perfection and have… — W. Somerset Maugham Amusing Copy Share Image
He knew that all things human are transitory and therefore that it must cease one day or another. He looked forward to… — W. Somerset Maugham Blood Copy Share Image
“There was no meaning in life, and man by living served no end. It was immaterial whether he was born or not… — W. Somerset Maugham Belief in god Copy Share Image
I happen to think we’ve set our ideal on the wrong objects; I happen to think that the greatest ideal man can… — W. Somerset Maugham Ideal man Copy Share Image
Loving-kindness is the better part of goodness. It lends grace to the sterner qualities of which this consists. — W. Somerset Maugham Goodness Copy Share Image
“It was clear that the will to achieve could not help you and confidence in yourself meant nothing.” — W. Somerset Maugham Confidence Copy Share Image
“Oh, my dear boy, one mustn't expect gratitude. It's a thing that no one has a right to. After all, you do… — W. Somerset Maugham Gratitude Copy Share Image
When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a… — W. Somerset Maugham Books Copy Share Image
“You know, my dear child, that one cannot find peace in work or in pleausre, in the world or in a convent,… — W. Somerset Maugham Children Copy Share Image
“I have nothing but contempt for the people who despise money. They are hypocrites or fools. Money is like a sixth sense… — W. Somerset Maugham Money Copy Share Image
“You will hear people say that poverty is the best spur to the artist. They have never felt the iron of it… — W. Somerset Maugham Art Copy Share Image
We are like people living in a country whose language they know so little that, with all manner of beautiful and profound… — W. Somerset Maugham Aunt Copy Share Image
To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give. — W. Somerset Maugham Bears Copy Share Image
Illusions are like umbrellas - you no sooner get them than you lose them, and the loss always leaves a little painful… — W. Somerset Maugham Illusion Copy Share Image
I know that I shall die struggling for breath, and I know that I shall be horribly afraid. I know that I… — W. Somerset Maugham Able Copy Share Image
