Quotes by William Somerset Maugham

William Somerset Maugham

William Somerset Maugham

English writer

Lived from: 1874 - 1965

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 25 january 1874 Died: 16 december 1965

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  • Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.
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  • Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs.
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  • Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.
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  • 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. Failure makes people bitter and cruel.
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  • The crown of literature is poetry.
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  • The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.
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  • The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.
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  • The great critic must be a philosopher, for from philosophy he will learn serenity, impartiality, and the transitoriness of human things.
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  • The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.
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  • The ideal has many names, and beauty is but one of them.
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  • The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.
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  • The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.
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  • The unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
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  • The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.
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  • The writer is more concerned to know than to judge.
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  • There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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  • There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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  • There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.
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  • Tolerance is only another name for indifference.
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  • Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
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