W. Somerset Maugham Quotes & Sayings (Page 7)
W. Somerset Maugham quotes and sayings page 7 (deceased playwright born on Jan 25, 1874). Here's quote # 61 through 70 out of the 85 we have for him.
“It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.”
“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.”
“The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.”
“Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the dead because they have ceased to exist.”
“Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.”
“It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.”
“Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.”
“In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.”
“We have long passed the Victorian Era when asterisks were followed after a certain interval by a baby.”
“It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.”
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