Famous Quotes / W. Somerset Maugham
139 Quotations by W. Somerset Maugham
- 101. The passing moment is all we can be sure of; it is only common sense to extract its utmost value fro ...
- 102. The rain fell alike upon the just and upon the unjust, and for nothing was there a why and a wherefo ...
- 103. The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.
- 104. The unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the b ...
- 105. The value of money is that with it we can tell any man to go to the devil. It is the sixth sense whi ...
- 106. The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willingly avoids the sight of distress.
- 107. The writer is more concerned to know than to judge.
- 108. There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
- 109. There are two good things in life -- freedom of thought and freedom of action.
- 110. There is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large wi ...
- 111. There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the uni ...
- 112. There is only one thing about which I am certain, and this is that there is very little about which ...
- 113. There was an immeasurable distance between the quick and the dead: they did not seem to belong to th ...
- 114. There will always be one who loves, and one who lets himself be loved.
- 115. There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.
- 116. Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their he ...
- 117. To eat well in England, you should have a breakfast three times a day.
- 118. To write simply is as difficult as to be good.
- 119. Tolerance is another word for indifference.
- 120. Tolerance is only another name for indifference.