W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham
William Somerset Maugham CHwas a British playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth25 January 1874
W. Somerset Maugham quotes about
funny time elderly
Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.
sentimental way sentiments
Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.
looks crosses bus
I'd sooner be smashed into a mangled pulp by a bus when we cross the street than look forward to a life like yours.
time memories age
What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.
race silence use
If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.
sarcastic belief human-bondage
She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.
inspirational success congratulations
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.
inspirational positive-thinking world
You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.
writing effort style
A good style should show no signs of effort. What is written should seem a happy accident.
tables half novel
I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.
love life important
The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
inspirational funny death
Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it.
girl daughter children
I want a girl because I want to bring her up so that she shan't make the mistakes I've made. When I look back upon the girl I was I hate myself. But I never had a chance. I'm going to bring up my daughter so that she's free and can stand on her own feet. I´m not going to bring a child into the world, and love her, and bring her up, just so that some man may want to sleep with her so much that he's willing to provide her with board and lodging for the rest of her life.
inspirational life happiness
Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.