William Somerset Maugham Quotes

You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct. - William Somerset Maugham

You can't learn too soon that the most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency. - William Somerset Maugham

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches them tolerance. - William Somerset Maugham

Writing is the supreme solace. - William Somerset Maugham

Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to. - William Somerset Maugham

Women's hearts are like old china, none the worse for a break or two. - William Somerset Maugham

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

When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right. - William Somerset Maugham

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me. - William Somerset Maugham

We seek pitifully to convey to others the treasures of our heart, but they have not the power to accept them, and so we go lonely, side by side but not together, unable to know our fellows and unknown by them. - William Somerset Maugham

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