Insensibly he formed the most delightful habit in the world, the habit of reading: he did not know that thus he was… — W. Somerset Maugham Bitter Copy Share Image
“It is quite as difficult to fit one's practice to one's precepts as to fit one's precepts to one's practice. Most people… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“Philip got up and knelt down to say his prayers. It was a cold morning, and he shivered a little; but he… — W. Somerset Maugham Cold morning Copy Share Image
It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for… — W. Somerset Maugham Angry Copy Share Image
“He seemed to see his fellow creatures grotesquely, and he was angry with them because they were grotesque; life was a confusion… — W. Somerset Maugham Humor Copy Share Image
When you have loved as she has loved, you grow old beautifully. — W. Somerset Maugham Age Copy Share Image
Marco Polo tells the tale of The Old Man in the Mountains and how he recruits new members to his Band of… — W. Somerset Maugham Assassins Copy Share Image
“Then this must be my answer: We know that the attributes of God are infinite and it has always seemed strange to… — W. Somerset Maugham Adventurous spirit Copy Share Image
“All his plans were suddenly overthrown, and the existence, so elaborately pictured, was no more than a dream which would never be… — W. Somerset Maugham Dreams Copy Share Image
Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five. — W. Somerset Maugham Money Copy Share Image
“It was strange that Walter with all his cleverness should have so little sense of proportion. Because he had dressed a doll… — W. Somerset Maugham 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
The arguments for immortality, weak when you take them one by one, are no more cogent when you take them together... For… — W. Somerset Maugham Argument Copy Share Image
Evil can be condoned only if in the beyond it is compensated by good and god himself needs immortality to vindicate his… — W. Somerset Maugham Death Copy Share Image
“C.-C.: Tell me frankly, Kitty, don't you think people make a lot of unnecessary fuss about love? LADY KITTY: It's the most… — W. Somerset Maugham Love Copy Share Image
“Her pain was so great that she could have screamed at the top of her voice. She had never known that one… — W. Somerset Maugham Life-quotes-and-sayings Copy Share Image
Art is triumphant when it can use convention as an instrument of its own purpose. — W. Somerset Maugham Art Copy Share Image
“It is very difficult to know people and I don't think one can ever really know any but one's own countrymen. For… — W. Somerset Maugham Children Copy Share Image
“I wasn't frightened for myself; I was indignant; it was the wickedness of it that broke me.” — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“It was as though the house had been left empty but a minute before and yet that minute was fraught with eternity… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
No action is in itself good or bad, but only such according to convention. — W. Somerset Maugham Action Copy Share Image
“The experience of life shows that people are constantly doing things which must lead to disaster, and yet by some chance manage… — W. Somerset Maugham Doing things Copy Share Image
I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the center of the… — W. Somerset Maugham Acceptance Copy Share Image
“There was something so benign and so friendly in the lady's manner that Catalina felt impelled to tell her sad story. It… — W. Somerset Maugham Bullfighting Copy Share Image
“His habit of reading isolated him: it became such a need that after being in company for some time he grew tired… — W. Somerset Maugham Books Copy Share Image
