Three things Quote by W. Somerset Maugham

“There was no meaning in life, and man by living served no end. It was immaterial whether he was born or not born, whether…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Philip gave him his hand and he clung to it as to life, for comfort in his extremity. Perhaps he had never really loved…

— William Somerset Maugham

“Philip came gradually to know the people he was to live with, and by fragments of conversation, some of it not meant for his…

— William Somerset Maugham

“Philip thought that in throwing over the desire for happiness he was casting aside the last of his illusions. His life had seemed horrible…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Like the princess, Philip didn't believe in public displays of affection, which made it easy to mask his feelings. But he revealed them privately…

— Sally Bedell Smith

“Philip exulted, as he had exulted in his boyhood when the weight of a belief in God was lifted from his shoulders: it seemed…

— William Somerset Maugham

“Philip understood that there were people in the world like Eliot for whom love and sex came easy, without active solicitation, like a strong…

— David Leavitt

“Philip had received little kindness in his life, and he was touched by the American’s desire to help him: once when a cold kept…

— William Somerset Maugham

“Philip remembered the story of the Eastern King who, desiring to know the history of man, was brought by a sage five hundred volumes;…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“History has been so fascinated with Alexander the Great that it has overlooked the genius of his father. But by his supreme skill at…

— Philip Freeman

“Men are good for little, and little good for anyone but themselves, but Phillip is better than most.”

— D.W. Ulsterman