W. Somerset Maugham

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At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely. W. Somerset Maugham Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it. W. Somerset Maugham Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. W. Somerset MaughamIt was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up. W. Somerset MaughamIt's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. W. Somerset MaughamPeople ask for criticism, but they only want praise. W. Somerset Maugham She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit. W. Somerset Maugham There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. W. Somerset Maugham Tradition is a guide and not a jailer. W. Somerset MaughamWe do not write because we want to; we write because we have to. W. Somerset Maugham When you have loved as she has loved, you grow old beautifully. W. Somerset Maugham Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind. W. Somerset Maugham, "Of Human Bondage", 1915Art is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were supplied with food and women, to escape the tediousness of life. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 D'you call life a bad job? Never! We've had our ups and downs, we've had our struggles, we've always been poor, but it's been worth it, ay, worth it a hundred times I say when I look round at my children. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the centre of the world. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it; but the young know they are wretched for they are full of the truthless ideal which have been instilled into them, and each time they come in contact with the real, they are bruised and wounded. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it is too late. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 It's asking a great deal that things should appeal to your reason as well as your sense of the aesthetic. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915Life wouldn't be worth living if I worried over the future as well as the present. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 Men seek but one thing in life - their pleasure. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 The important thing was to love rather than to be loved. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 The rain fell alike upon the just and upon the unjust, and for nothing was there a why and a wherefore. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915There was an immeasurable distance between the quick and the dead: they did not seem to belong to the same species; and it was strange to think that but a little while before they had spoken and moved and eaten and laughed. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915

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At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely. W. Somerset Maugham Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it. W. Somerset Maugham Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. W. Somerset MaughamIt was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up. W. Somerset MaughamIt's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. W. Somerset MaughamPeople ask for criticism, but they only want praise. W. Somerset Maugham She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit. W. Somerset Maugham There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. W. Somerset Maugham Tradition is a guide and not a jailer. W. Somerset MaughamWe do not write because we want to; we write because we have to. W. Somerset Maugham When you have loved as she has loved, you grow old beautifully. W. Somerset Maugham Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind. W. Somerset Maugham, "Of Human Bondage", 1915Art is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were supplied with food and women, to escape the tediousness of life. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 D'you call life a bad job? Never! We've had our ups and downs, we've had our struggles, we've always been poor, but it's been worth it, ay, worth it a hundred times I say when I look round at my children. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the centre of the world. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it; but the young know they are wretched for they are full of the truthless ideal which have been instilled into them, and each time they come in contact with the real, they are bruised and wounded. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it is too late. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 It's asking a great deal that things should appeal to your reason as well as your sense of the aesthetic. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915Life wouldn't be worth living if I worried over the future as well as the present. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 Men seek but one thing in life - their pleasure. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 The important thing was to love rather than to be loved. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 The rain fell alike upon the just and upon the unjust, and for nothing was there a why and a wherefore. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915There was an immeasurable distance between the quick and the dead: they did not seem to belong to the same species; and it was strange to think that but a little while before they had spoken and moved and eaten and laughed. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915

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At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely. W. Somerset Maugham Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it. W. Somerset Maugham Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. W. Somerset MaughamIt was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up. W. Somerset MaughamIt's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. W. Somerset MaughamPeople ask for criticism, but they only want praise. W. Somerset Maugham She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit. W. Somerset Maugham There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. W. Somerset Maugham Tradition is a guide and not a jailer. W. Somerset MaughamWe do not write because we want to; we write because we have to. W. Somerset Maugham When you have loved as she has loved, you grow old beautifully. W. Somerset Maugham Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind. W. Somerset Maugham, "Of Human Bondage", 1915Art is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were supplied with food and women, to escape the tediousness of life. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 D'you call life a bad job? Never! We've had our ups and downs, we've had our struggles, we've always been poor, but it's been worth it, ay, worth it a hundred times I say when I look round at my children. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the centre of the world. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it; but the young know they are wretched for they are full of the truthless ideal which have been instilled into them, and each time they come in contact with the real, they are bruised and wounded. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it is too late. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 It's asking a great deal that things should appeal to your reason as well as your sense of the aesthetic. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915Life wouldn't be worth living if I worried over the future as well as the present. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 Men seek but one thing in life - their pleasure. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 The important thing was to love rather than to be loved. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 The rain fell alike upon the just and upon the unjust, and for nothing was there a why and a wherefore. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915There was an immeasurable distance between the quick and the dead: they did not seem to belong to the same species; and it was strange to think that but a little while before they had spoken and moved and eaten and laughed. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915

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At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely. W. Somerset Maugham Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it. W. Somerset Maugham Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. W. Somerset MaughamIt was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up. W. Somerset MaughamIt's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. W. Somerset MaughamPeople ask for criticism, but they only want praise. W. Somerset Maugham She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit. W. Somerset Maugham There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. W. Somerset Maugham Tradition is a guide and not a jailer. W. Somerset MaughamWe do not write because we want to; we write because we have to. W. Somerset Maugham When you have loved as she has loved, you grow old beautifully. W. Somerset Maugham Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind. W. Somerset Maugham, "Of Human Bondage", 1915Art is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were supplied with food and women, to escape the tediousness of life. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 D'you call life a bad job? Never! We've had our ups and downs, we've had our struggles, we've always been poor, but it's been worth it, ay, worth it a hundred times I say when I look round at my children. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the centre of the world. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it; but the young know they are wretched for they are full of the truthless ideal which have been instilled into them, and each time they come in contact with the real, they are bruised and wounded. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it is too late. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 It's asking a great deal that things should appeal to your reason as well as your sense of the aesthetic. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915Life wouldn't be worth living if I worried over the future as well as the present. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 Men seek but one thing in life - their pleasure. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 The important thing was to love rather than to be loved. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 The rain fell alike upon the just and upon the unjust, and for nothing was there a why and a wherefore. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915There was an immeasurable distance between the quick and the dead: they did not seem to belong to the same species; and it was strange to think that but a little while before they had spoken and moved and eaten and laughed. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me. W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915

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A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.
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An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
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Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon lose its freedom; and the ironical thing about it is that it will lose its ease and comfort too.
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Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
W. Somerset Maugham

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
W. Somerset Maugham

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.
W. Somerset Maugham

Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better for the world if they talked more and did less.
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Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the dead because they have ceased to exist.
W. Somerset Maugham

Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it.
W. Somerset Maugham

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.
W. Somerset Maugham

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
W. Somerset Maugham

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.
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Habits in writing as in life are only useful if they are broken as soon as they cease to be advantageous.
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Have common sense and stick to the point.
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I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.
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I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.
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I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.
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I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ.
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If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.
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If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?
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