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W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

W. Somerset Maugham quotes

British Playwright, Writer January 25, 1874 – December 16, 1965

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W. Somerset Maugham quote: "When you are young you take the kindness people show you as..."
When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right. W. Somerset Maugham
I would sooner read the catalogue of the Army and Navy Stores or Bradshaw's Guide than nothing at all, and indeed I have spent many delightful hours over both these works. W. Somerset Maugham
If there's anything I dislike it's the violin", she answered. "Why one should want to hear anyone scrape the hairs of a horse's tail against the guts of a dead cat is something I shall never understand. W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "It requires the feminine temperament to repeat the same thing..."
It requires the feminine temperament to repeat the same thing three times with unabated zest. W. Somerset Maugham
There is nothing so difficult as to persuade men that they are ignorant. Bertha, exaggerating the seriousness of the affair, thought it charlatanry to undertake a post without knowledge and without capacity. Fortunately that is not the opinion of the majority, or the government of this enlightened country could not proceed. W. Somerset Maugham
She had in point of fact by now made up her mind to accept it, but she well knew that men like to think they decide matters for themselves. W. Somerset Maugham
To me he seemed one of those persons destined to failure of whom you wonder what purpose it can ever serve that they should have ben born. W. Somerset Maugham
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. W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "There is no more merit in having read a thousand books than in..."
There is no more merit in having read a thousand books than in having ploughed a thousand fields. W. Somerset Maugham
The day broke gray and dull. The clouds hung heavily, and there was a rawness in the air that suggested snow. A woman servant came into a room in which a child was sleeping and drew the curtains. She glanced mechanically at the house opposite, a stucco house with a portico, and went to the child's bed. W. Somerset Maugham
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
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for..."
In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally. W. Somerset Maugham
He refused tea, but Mrs. Crowley poured out a cup and handed it to him. 'You need not drink it, but I insist on your hoding it in your hand. I hat people who habitually deny themselves things. W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief,..."
Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young. W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is..."
Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it. W. Somerset Maugham

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