W. Somerset Maugham Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)
W. Somerset Maugham quotes and sayings page 5 (deceased playwright born on Jan 25, 1874). Here's quote # 41 through 50 out of the 85 we have for him.
“It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, 'I don't know.'”
“Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.”
“I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ.”
“Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.”
“It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it.”
“We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.”
“There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.”
“You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.”
“Impropriety is the soul of wit.”
“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.”
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