17 beautiful quotes by W. Somerset Maugham. Click any quote to view, download and share it as an image.
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W. Somerset Maugham
“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”
“If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault, not hers.”
“Only a mediocre person is always at his best. ”
“When a woman loves you she's not satisfied until she possesses your soul. Because she's weak, she has a rage for domina...
“Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of the world in the torment of his ...
“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.”
“I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beaut...
“I know that you're selfish, selfish beyond words, and I know that you haven't the nerve of a rabbit, I know you're a li...
“Was it necessary to tell me that you wanted nothing in the world but me?'The corners of his mouth drooped peevishly.Oh,...
“He did not care if she was heartless, vicious and vulgar, stupid and grasping, he loved her. He would rather have miser...
“One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one's life with her.”
“Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish ...
“What d'you suppose I care if I'm a gentleman or not? If I were a gentleman I shouldn't waste my time with a vulgar slut...
“As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.”
“Some of us look for the Way in opium and some in God, some of us in whiskey and some in love. It is all the same Way an...
“Insensibly he formed the most delightful habit in the world, the habit of reading: he did not know that thus he was pro...
“Women are constantly trying to commit suicide for love, but generally they take care not to succeed.”
