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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: "Love is what happens to men and women who don't know each other."
Love is what happens to men and women who don't know each other. W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "Poor slut, I think she loves me,' said Gray, his eyes closed."
Poor slut, I think she loves me,' said Gray, his eyes closed. W. Somerset Maugham
Some of us look for the way in opium and some in God, some of us in whisky and some of us in love. It is all the same way and it leads nowhither. W. Somerset Maugham
He would not have been the first man to find that he loved his wife more when he was parted from her than was with her, and that the expectation of sexual congress was more exciting than the realisation. W. Somerset Maugham
If I have succeeded at all in giving the complicated impression that Strickland made on me, it will not seem outrageous to say that I felt he was at once too great and too small for love. W. Somerset Maugham
Cronshaw stopped for a moment to drink. He had pondered for twenty years the problem whether he loved liquor because it made him talk or whether he loved conversation because it made him thirsty. W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "No one ever died of love yet," said the prioress with a savage..."
No one ever died of love yet," said the prioress with a savage bitterness. W. Somerset Maugham
No pain in love is so hard to bear as that which comes from the impossibility of doing any service from the well-beloved, and no service is so repulsive that love cannot make it delightful and easy. W. Somerset Maugham
In love one should exercise economy of intercourse. None of us can love for ever. Love will be stronger and will last longer if there are impediments of its gratification. If a lover is prevented from enjoying his love by absence, difficulty of access, or by the caprice or coldness of his beloved, he can find a little consolation in the thought that when his wishes are fulfilled his delight will be intense. But love being what it is, should there be no hindrances, he will pay no attention to... W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "She loved three things? a joke, aglass of wine, and a handsome..."
She loved three things? a joke, aglass of wine, and a handsome man. W. Somerset Maugham
Is that what we come into the world for, to hurry to an office, and work hour after hour till night, then hurry home and dine and go to a theatre? Is that how I must spend my youth? Youth lasts so short a time, Bateman. And when I am old, what have I to look forward to? To hurry from my home in the morning to my office and work hour after hour after hour till night, and then hurry home again, and dine and go to a theatre? That may be worthwhile if you make a fortune; I don’t know, it depends... W. Somerset Maugham
When a woman loves you she's not satisfied until she possesses your soul. Because she's weak, she has a rage for domination, and nothing less will satisfy her. W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve..."
Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species. W. Somerset Maugham
With the superciliousness of extreme youth, I put thirty-five as the utmost limit at which a man might fall in love without making a fool of himself. W. Somerset Maugham
Was it necessary to tell me that you wanted nothing in the world but me?' The corners of his mouth drooped peevishly. Oh, my dear, it's rather hard to take quite literally the things a man says when he's in love with you.' Didn't you mean them?' At the moment. W. Somerset Maugham

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