W. Somerset Maugham Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)
W. Somerset Maugham quotes and sayings page 6 (deceased playwright born on Jan 25, 1874). Here's quote # 51 through 60 out of the 85 we have for him.
“Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.”
“Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved.”
“I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.”
“The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.”
“Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better for the world if they talked more and did less.”
“Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable.”
“Habits in writing as in life are only useful if they are broken as soon as they cease to be advantageous.”
“No egoism is so insufferable as that of the Christian with regard to his soul.”
“When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.”
“Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.”
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