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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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It 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 ideals which have been instilled into them, and each time they come into contact with the real, they are bruised and wounded... they must discover for themselves that all they have read and been been told [by their elders] are lies, lies, lies; and each discovery is another nail driven into the body of the cross of life. W. Somerset Maugham
He exulted in the possession of himself once more; he realized how much of the delight of the world he had lost when he was absorbed in that madness which they called love; he had had enough of it; he did not want to be in love anymore if love was that. W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "I shall beat you,' he said, looking at her.How else should I..."
I shall beat you,' he said, looking at her.How else should I know you loved me,' she answered. W. Somerset Maugham
I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which now and then men create out of the chaos. The pictures they paint, the music they compose, the books they write, and the lives they lead. Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art. W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "Unless love is passion, it's not love, but something else; and..."
Unless love is passion, it's not love, but something else; and passion thrives not on satisfaction, but on impediment. W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up."
It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up. W. Somerset Maugham
He died last year. He had endured that life for six years. He was found one morning on the mountainside lying quite peacefully as though he had died in his sleep. From where he lay he had been able to see those two great rocks called the Faraglioni which stand out of the sea. It was full moon and he must have gone to see them by moonlight. Perhaps he died of the beauty of that sight. W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "The important thing was to love rather than to be loved."
The important thing was to love rather than to be loved. W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved."
There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved. W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned."
The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned. W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never..."
The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept..."
It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. W. Somerset Maugham
To Lucy it was an admirable study, the contrast between the man who threw his whole soul into a certain aim, which he pursued with a savage intensity, knowing that the end was a dreadful, lonely death; and the man who was making up his mind deliberately to gather what was beautiful in life, and to cultivate its graces as though it were a flower garden. W. Somerset Maugham
It may be that I lead the life I've planned for myself it may affect others; the effect may be no greater than the ripple caused by a stone thrown in a pond, but one ripple causes another and that one a third; it's just possible that a few people will see that my way of life offers happiness and peace, and that they in their turn will teach what they have learned to others. W. Somerset Maugham
I wish I could make you see how much fuller the life I offer you is than anything you have a conception of. I wish I could make you see how exciting the life of the spirit is and how rich in experience. It's illimitable. It's such a happy life. There's only one thing like it, when you're up in a plane by yourself, high, high, and only infinity surrounds you. You're intoxicated by the boundless space. W. Somerset Maugham

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