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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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...like many another self-educated man, he attached an exaggerated importance to the knowledge he had so painfully acquired and could not resist the temptation to parade it,... W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor..."
You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance. W. Somerset Maugham
It 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
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "You see, money to you means freedom; to me it means bondage."
You see, money to you means freedom; to me it means bondage. W. Somerset Maugham
Ashenden was in the habit of asserting that he was never bored. It was one of his notions that only such persons were as had no resources in themselves and it was but the stupid that depended on the outside world for their amusement.[Giulia Lazzari] W. Somerset Maugham
He had not even the self-complacency that enables stupid people to accept their mediocrity with unction; he had on the contrary an engaging modesty. W. Somerset Maugham
Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered. W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "The bright hopes of youth had to be paid for at such a bitter..."
The bright hopes of youth had to be paid for at such a bitter price of disillusionment. W. Somerset Maugham
My native gifts are not remarkable, but I have a certain force of character which has enabled me in a measure to supplement my deficiencies. I have common-sense. Most people cannot see anything, but I can see what is in the front of my nose with extreme clearness; the greatest writers can see through a brick wall. My vision is not so penetrating. For many years I have been described as a cynic; I told the truth. I wish no one to take me for other than I am, and on the other hand I see no need... W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "Art is triumphant when it can use convention as an instrument..."
Art is triumphant when it can use convention as an instrument of its own purpose. W. Somerset Maugham
Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem. W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "The fact that a great many people believe something is no..."
The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth. W. Somerset Maugham
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. W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "When you're eighteen your emotions are violent, but they're..."
When you're eighteen your emotions are violent, but they're not durable. W. Somerset Maugham
He realized that he was manacled hand and foot with fetters that were only more intolerable because they consisted of nothing more substantial than the dread of causing pain. W. Somerset Maugham

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