“Nature has neither love nor hate, and with indifference smiles upon the light at heart and to the heavy brings a deeper… — W. Somerset Maugham Grief Copy Share Image
“It is an illusion that youth is happy: an illusion of those who have lost it; but the young know they are… — W. Somerset Maugham Life Copy Share Image
“He was not crying for the pain they had caused him, nor for the humiliation he had suffered when they looked at… — W. Somerset Maugham Bullying Copy Share Image
“It is a grotesque misapprehension which sees in art no more than a craft comprehensible perfectly only to the craftsman: art is… — W. Somerset Maugham Art Copy Share Image
Everyone had some defect, or body or of mind: he thought of all the people he had known (the whole world was… — W. Somerset Maugham Body Copy Share Image
“The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistical and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary, it makes them… — W. Somerset Maugham Failure Copy Share Image
“If the future was so vague it meant perhaps that she was destined never to see it.” — W. Somerset Maugham Time Copy Share Image
When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character. — W. Somerset Maugham Character Copy Share Image
My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at… — W. Somerset Maugham Belief Copy Share Image
“It looked as though you did not act in a certain way because you thought in a certain way, but rather you… — W. Somerset Maugham Philosophy Copy Share Image
“There are men whose sense of humour is so ill developed that they still bear a grudge against Copernicus because he dethroned… — W. Somerset Maugham Affront Copy Share Image
Unconsciously, perhaps, we treasure the power we have over people by their regard for our opinion of them, and we hate those… — W. Somerset Maugham Hate Copy Share Image
No affectation of peculiarity can conceal a commonplace mind. — W. Somerset Maugham Commonplace Copy Share Image
The artist can within limits make what he likes of his life... It is only the artist, and maybe the criminal, who… — W. Somerset Maugham Art 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
She plunged into a sea of platitudes, and with the powerful breast stroke of a channel swimmer, made her confident way towards… — W. Somerset Maugham Breasts Copy Share Image
“When he sacrifices himself man for a moment is greater than God, for how can God, infinite and omnipotent, sacrifice himself? At… — W. Somerset Maugham Time Copy Share Image
She loved three things — a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man. — W. Somerset Maugham Glasses Copy Share Image
Never pause unless you have a reason for it, but when you pause, pause as long as you can. — W. Somerset Maugham Intelligence Copy Share Image
For my part I cannot believe in a God who is angry with me because I do not believe in him. I… — W. Somerset Maugham Atheist Copy Share Image
Love is not always blind and there are few things that cause greater wretchedness than to love with all your heart someone… — W. Somerset Maugham Blind 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 of responsibility Copy Share Image
“With infinite patience she prepared to snare and bind me. She wanted to bring me down to her level; she cared nothing… — W. Somerset Maugham Patience Copy Share Image
“He put off the faith of his childhood quite simply, like a cloak that he no longer needed. At first life seemed… — W. Somerset Maugham Childhood Copy Share Image
