W. Somerset Maugham Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)
W. Somerset Maugham quotes and sayings page 4 (deceased playwright born on Jan 25, 1874). Here's quote # 31 through 40 out of the 85 we have for him.
“Writing is the supreme solace.”
“The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.”
“Only a mediocre person is always at his best.”
“If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.”
“What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.”
“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.”
“It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.”
“Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.”
“Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.”
“It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.”
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