A little smoke lost in the air, that was the life of a man. — W. Somerset Maugham Air Copy Share Image
Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction. — W. Somerset Maugham Distinction Copy Share Image
It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed. — W. Somerset Maugham Beautiful 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
What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians. — W. Somerset Maugham Atheism Copy Share Image
“And you call yourself an English gentleman,' she exclaimed, savagely. 'No, that's a thing I've never done in all my life.” — W. Somerset Maugham English gentleman Copy Share Image
The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth. — W. Somerset Maugham Believe Copy Share Image
There is no object to life. To nature nothing matters but the continuation of the species. — W. Somerset Maugham Continuation Copy Share Image
“My dear, you used to be quite a dish; now you're quite a tureen.” — W. Somerset Maugham Dish Copy Share Image
It is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work. — W. Somerset Maugham Education Copy Share Image
When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right. — W. Somerset Maugham Kindness Copy Share Image
“I do not believe that I am a vindictive man, but when the immortal gods take a hand in the matter it… — W. Somerset Maugham Complacency Copy Share Image
Common-sense appears to be only another name for the thoughtlessness of the unthinking. It is made of the prejudices of childhood, the… — W. Somerset Maugham Character Copy Share Image
“It's stupid, isn't it? He's cruel and selfish, unscrupulous and wicked. I don't care. I don't respect him, I don't trust him,… — W. Somerset Maugham Selfish 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 Beethoven Copy Share Image
I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is… — W. Somerset Maugham Beauty Copy Share Image
I could have forgiven it if he'd fallen desperately in love with someone and gone off with her. I should have thought… — W. Somerset Maugham Blamed Copy Share Image
“Philip looked at his own work. How could you tell whether there was anything in it or whether you were wasting your… — W. Somerset Maugham Confidence Copy Share Image
A bird in the hand was worth two in the bush, he told her, to which she retorted that a proverb was… — W. Somerset Maugham Bird Copy Share Image
“You have a hierarchy of values; pleasure is at the bottom of the ladder, and you speak with a little thrill of… — W. Somerset Maugham Adventure Copy Share Image
As we grow older we become more conscious of the complexity, incoherence, and unreasonableness of human beings; this indeed is the only… — W. Somerset Maugham Complexity Copy Share Image
“He might have known that she would do this; she had never cared for him, she had made a fool of him… — W. Somerset Maugham Kindness Copy Share Image
“But on the whole the impression was neither of tragedy nor of comedy. There was no describing it. It was manifold and… — W. Somerset Maugham Beginning of life Copy Share Image
He is not famous. It may be that he never will be. It may be that when his life at last comes… — W. Somerset Maugham Age Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most important use of money - It saves time. Life is so short, and there's so much to do, one… — W. Somerset Maugham Bus Copy Share Image
I wish I could make you see how much fuller the life I offer you is than anything you have a conception… — W. Somerset Maugham Exciting Copy Share Image
“Philip himself asked desperately what was the use of living at all. It all seemed inane. It was the same with Cronshaw:… — W. Somerset Maugham High hopes Copy Share Image
The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned. — W. Somerset Maugham Lasts Copy Share Image
No affectation of peculiarity can conceal a commonplace mind. — W. Somerset Maugham Commonplace Copy Share Image
Because a man can write great works he is none the less a man. — W. Somerset Maugham Great work Copy Share Image
I prefer a loose woman to a selfish one and a wanton to a fool. — W. Somerset Maugham Fool Copy Share Image
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