“Even though he had sacrificed her and cared nothing for her, even though he was callous and unkind, she loved him.” — W. Somerset Maugham Heart Copy Share Image
“I should have known that I wasn't meant for happiness and a life of ease. I have other work to do in… — W. Somerset Maugham Happiness Copy Share Image
“Very few people know where to look for happiness; fewer still find it.” — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“How ugly most people are! It's a pity they don't try to make up for it by being agreeable.” — W. Somerset Maugham Pity Copy Share Image
“Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams. W. Somerset Maugham” — W. Somerset Maugham Epigrams Copy Share Image
Make him laugh and he will think you a trivial fellow, but bore him in the right way and your reputation is… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
A novelist must preserve a childlike belief in the importance of things which common sense considers of no great consequence. — W. Somerset Maugham Belief 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 Football Copy Share Image
“I was examined yesterday,' he remarked at last. 'It was worth while undergoing the gêne of it to know that one was… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty… — W. Somerset Maugham Character Copy Share Image
“She was one of those writers, far from rare in the world of letters, who suppose that push and pull are an… — W. Somerset Maugham Talent Copy Share Image
“He was thankful not to have to believe in God, for then such a condition of things would be intolerable; one could… — W. Somerset Maugham Believe in god Copy Share Image
There in the mist, enormous, majestic, silent and terrible, stood the Great Wall of China. Solitarily, with the indifference of nature herself,… — W. Somerset Maugham China 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
Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like… — W. Somerset Maugham Beauty Copy Share Image
“PORTEOUS: Do you mean to say you were going to steal my car. TEDDIE: Not exactly. I was only going to bolshevise… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“The new-born child does not realize that his body is more a part of himself than surrounding objects, and will play with… — W. Somerset Maugham Children Copy Share Image
“For thirty years now I have been studying my fellow-men. I do not know very much about them. I should certainly hesitate… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“[The goal is] "liberation from the bondage of rebirth. According to the Vedantists the self, which they call the atman and we… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“My native gifts are not remarkable, but I have a certain force of character which has enabled me in a measure to… — W. Somerset Maugham Brick wall Copy Share Image
“To Lucy it was an admirable study, the contrast between the man who threw his whole soul into a certain aim, which… — W. Somerset Maugham Death Copy Share Image
Man's desire for the approval of his fellows is so strong, his dread of their censure so violent, that he himself has… — W. Somerset Maugham Approval Copy Share Image
“Philip thought that in throwing over the desire for happiness he was casting aside the last of his illusions. His life had… — W. Somerset Maugham Advice Copy Share Image
“It gives him spiritual freedom. To him life is a tragedy and by his gift of creation he enjoys the catharsis a… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Don't think of the past; the only thing that matters is the everlasting present — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Advice to first year medical students: In anatomy, it is better to have learned and lost than never to have learned at… — W. Somerset Maugham Advice Copy Share Image
"Do you like card tricks?" "No, I hate card tricks," I answered. "Well, I'll just show you this one." He showed me… — W. Somerset Maugham Card tricks Copy Share Image
It takes two to make a love affair and a mans meat is too often a woman's poison. — W. Somerset Maugham Affair Copy Share Image
Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation. — W. Somerset Maugham Chance Copy Share Image
There is nothing so degrading as the constant anxiety about one's means of livelihood. — W. Somerset Maugham Anxiety 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
He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it. — W. Somerset Maugham Bondage Copy Share Image
The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress. — W. Somerset Maugham Bored Copy Share Image
No woman is worth more than a fiver unless you're in love with her. Then she's worth all she costs you. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“But there is nothing men lie about so much as about their sexual life,...” — W. Somerset Maugham Life Copy Share Image
Conscience is the guardian in the individual of the rules which the community has evolved for its own preservation. — W. Somerset Maugham Community Copy Share Image
And I have the sunset, and the Tuscan wine, and the white teeth of the women in Rome. I am a traveler… — W. Somerset Maugham Romance Copy Share Image
It has been said that good prose should resemble the conversation of a well-bred man. — W. Somerset Maugham Communication Copy Share Image
What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
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