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"The important thing was to love rather than to be loved."
- W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915, More quotation on Love. |
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"At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely."
- W. Somerset Maugham, More quotation on Food. |
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"Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it."
- W. Somerset Maugham, More quotation on Death. |
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"Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit."
- W. Somerset Maugham. |
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"It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up."
- W. Somerset Maugham. |
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"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."
- W. Somerset Maugham. |
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"People ask for criticism, but they only want praise."
- W. Somerset Maugham, More quotation on Criticism. |
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"She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit."
- W. Somerset Maugham, More quotation on Quotations. |
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"There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
- W. Somerset Maugham, More quotation on Writing. |
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"Tradition is a guide and not a jailer."
- W. Somerset Maugham. |