W. Somerset Maugham Quotes - Page 3

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• The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.

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  Beautiful, Wise, Wisdom

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• Men have ascribed to God imperfections that they would deplore in themselves.

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  Men, Imperfection, Religion

  W. Somerset Maugham (1954). “Mr. Maugham Himself”

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• Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.

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  Teaching, Diversity, Social Justice

  W. Somerset Maugham (1954). “Mr. Maugham Himself”

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• Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.

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  Life, Cute, Chance

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• When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

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  Inspirational, Friendship, Children

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• She loved three things — a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.

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  Wine, Men, Glasses

  W. Somerset Maugham (2012). “The Moon and Sixpence”, p.134, Courier Corporation

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• The tragedy of love is indifference.

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  Love, Life, Tragedy

  The Trembling of a Leaf ch. 4 (1921)

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• The crown of literature is poetry. It is its end and aim. It is the sublimest activity of the human mind. It is the achievement of beauty and delicacy. The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes.

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  Poetry, Achievement, Mind

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• There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the type that most often writes about himself.

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  Writing, Men, Guilt

  W. Somerset Maugham (1954). “Mr. Maugham Himself”

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• Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

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  Powerful, Writing, Creativity

  "The Summing Up" by W. Somerset Maugham, Doubleday, Doran & Co., (p. 164), 1938.

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• People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

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  People, Envy, Gossip

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• It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.

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  Independent, Dignity Of Work, Wealth

  W. Somerset Maugham (2016). “Of Human Bondage (Diversion Classics)”, p.343, Diversion Books

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• It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.

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  Past, Would Be, Enough

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• There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.

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  Freedom, Things In Life, Two

  W. Somerset Maugham (2016). “Of Human Bondage (Diversion Classics)”, p.130, Diversion Books

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• It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.

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  Beautiful, Beautiful Day, Bed

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• Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.

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  Way, Sentimental, Sentiments

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Imagination grows by exercise.

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  Exercise, Imagination, Creative

  "The Summing Up". Book by W. Somerset Maugham, 1938.

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• A bird in the hand was worth two in the bush, he told her, to which she retorted that a proverb was the last refuge of the mentally destitute.

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  Hands, Two, Bird

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• If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn't matter a damn how you write.

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  Writing, Character, Passion

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• It is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work.

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  Education, Hard Work, Knowledge

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• Life isn't long enough for love and art.

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  Life, Famous Love, Art

  W. Somerset Maugham (2011). “The Moon and Sixpence (月亮與六便士)”, p.336, Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.

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• Love is what happens to men and women who don't know each other.

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  Love, Men, Happens

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• You will find as you grow older that the first thing needful to make the world a tolerable place to live in is to recognize the inevitable selfishness of humanity. You demand unselfishness from others, which is a preposterous claim that they should sacrifice their desires to yours. Why should they? When you are reconciled to the fact that each is for himself in the world you will ask less from your fellows. They will not disappoint you, and you will look upon them more charitably. Men seek but one thing in life -- their pleasure.

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  Sacrifice, Men, Things In Life

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• What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians.

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  Self, Democracy, Atheism

  W. Somerset Maugham (1939). “Christmas Holiday”

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• Life wouldn’t be worth living if I worried over the future as well as the present. When things are at their worst I find something always happens.

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  Worried, Human Bondage, Worst

  W. Somerset Maugham (2013). “The Essential W. Somerset Maugham Collection”, p.1876, eBookIt.com

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