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- “There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” ― W. Somerset Maugham.
- “To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.” ― W. Somerset Maugham, Books and You.
- “The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.” ― W. Somerset Maugham.
- “How can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realize that to you it was only an episode.”
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He had doubts about the utility of examination on subjects which had been crammed for the occasion. He wanted common sense.
Page numbers used in this section are from the Penguin Classics edition (1993)ISBN 0140185976The modern clergyman has acquired in his study of the science which I believe is called exegesis an astonishing facility for explaining things away.I forget who it was that recommended men for their soul's good to do each day two things they disliked: it was a wise man, and it is a precept that I have followed scrupulously; for every day I hav...Impropriety is the soul of wit.Both these men are in love with Natasha, Count Rostov's younger daughter, and in her Tolstoy has created the most delightful girl in fiction. Nothing is so difficult as to portray a young girl who...
It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.
Page numbers in this section are from the first edition by Doubleday, Doran & Co.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.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.There is only one thing about which I am certain, and this is that there is very little about which one can be certain."Aren't you missing a lot of fun? You know, one's young for such a little while.""It's so wonderful to shut out the world for a few hours. Rest, peace, silence, solitude. You would think they were luxuries that only the very rich can afford, and yet they cost nothing. Strange t..."God? What has God to do with it? Do you suppose I can look at the misery in which the vast majority of the people live in the world and believe in God? Do you suppose I believe in God who let the..."You know, a thing that has always struck me is people's fiendish eagerness to give anyone away. They pretend it's public spirit, I don't believe a word of it; I don't believe it's even, as a rule...The world he knew, the peaceful happy world of the surface, was like a pretty lake in which were reflected the dappled clouds and the willows that grew on its bank, where carefree boys paddled thei...It was too sweeping a judgement to be satisfactory; the idea dawned in Charley's mind that perhaps men were more complicated than he had imagined, and if you just said that a man was this or that y...Nothing in the world is permanent, and we're foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we're still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it. If change is of the essence of exi...I thought I should be a fool to allow workto interfere with a delight in the passing moment that I might never enjoy again so fully.He was the kind of man with whom one would have hesitated to pass a lonely evening, but with whom one might cheerfully have looked forward to spending six months.It may be that if 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.Almost all the people who have had most effect on me I seem to have met by chance.Page numbers used in this section are from the first general edition by Country Life Press (1949)Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better for the world if they talked more and did less.The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams."You bloody fool, you've killed the wrong man."She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit...Now it is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it...Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.After all, a man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.
86 Brillant Quotes From W. Somerset Maugham. William Somerset Maugham was born on 25 January 1874 at the British Embassy in Paris. He became an orphan at the age of 10 and returned to England where he would be raised by his uncle. He attended King’s School in Canterbury.
“You're beginning to dislike me, aren't you? Well, dislike me. It doesn't make any difference to me now.” ― W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor’s Edge. tags: dislike, hate, indifference. 314 likes. Like.
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