There are two good things in life freedom of thought and freedom of action. William Somerset Maugham English Writer More William Somerset Maugham Quotes 1
We seek pitifully to convey to others the treasures of our heart, but they have not the power to accept them, and so we go lonely, side by side but not together, unable to know our fellows and unknown by them. William Somerset Maugham English Writer More William Somerset Maugham Quotes 0
A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her, but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account. William Somerset Maugham English Writer More William Somerset Maugham Quotes 0
It's no good crying over spilt milk, because all the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it. William Somerset Maugham English Writer More William Somerset Maugham Quotes 0
To write simply is as difficult as to be good. William Somerset Maugham English Writer More William Somerset Maugham Quotes 0
You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct. William Somerset Maugham English Writer More William Somerset Maugham Quotes 0
It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. William Somerset Maugham English Writer More William Somerset Maugham Quotes 0
There is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror. William Somerset Maugham English Writer More William Somerset Maugham Quotes 0
Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it. William Somerset Maugham English Writer More William Somerset Maugham Quotes 0
Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of the world in the torment of his soul. William Somerset Maugham English Writer More William Somerset Maugham Quotes 0
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. William Somerset Maugham English Writer More William Somerset Maugham Quotes 0
Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to. William Somerset Maugham English Writer More William Somerset Maugham Quotes 0
Common sense and good nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult. William Somerset Maugham English Writer More William Somerset Maugham Quotes 0
Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it. William Somerset Maugham English Writer More William Somerset Maugham Quotes 0
Love is only the dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species. William Somerset Maugham English Writer More William Somerset Maugham Quotes 0
Tolerance is another word for indifference. William Somerset Maugham English Writer More William Somerset Maugham Quotes 0
What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories. William Somerset Maugham English Writer More William Somerset Maugham Quotes 0
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. William Somerset Maugham English Writer More William Somerset Maugham Quotes 0
To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all of the miseries of life. William Somerset Maugham English Writer More William Somerset Maugham Quotes 0
I don't know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God. William Somerset Maugham English Writer More William Somerset Maugham Quotes 0
It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it. William Somerset Maugham English Writer More William Somerset Maugham Quotes 0
Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young. William Somerset Maugham English Writer More William Somerset Maugham Quotes 0
Women's hearts are like old china, none the worse for a break or two. William Somerset Maugham English Writer More William Somerset Maugham Quotes 0
The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety. William Somerset Maugham English Writer More William Somerset Maugham Quotes 0
I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all. William Somerset Maugham English Writer More William Somerset Maugham Quotes 0