W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.
W. Somerset Maugham

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.
W. Somerset Maugham

Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
W. Somerset Maugham

It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it.
W. Somerset Maugham

Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it.
W. Somerset Maugham

It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say "I don't know."
W. Somerset Maugham

Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.
W. Somerset Maugham

W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
		It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour. W. Somerset Maugham Vote on this Quote: Bad <---> Good
		Author Details: Type: Playwright Quotes Category: British Playwright Quotes Date of Birth: January 25, 1874 Date of Death: December 16, 1965 Nationality: British Amazon: W. Somerset Maugham on Amazon	Related Authors: Plautus Noel Coward Samuel Beckett James M. Barrie Jean Anouilh Moliere Arthur Miller Francoise Sagan
		Select W. Somerset Maugham Quotations: The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned. W. Somerset Maugham We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person. W. Somerset Maugham Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species. W. Somerset Maugham It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it. W. Somerset Maugham Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it. W. Somerset Maugham It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say "I don't know." W. Somerset Maugham Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five. W. Somerset Maugham
Quote Keywords: Advances, Beauty, Does, Good, Grace, Humour, Known, Look, Timid, Well	Dictionary Links: Beauty, Does, Good, Grace, Known, Look, Timid, Well	All W. Somerset Maugham Quotations: A man marries to have a... An unfortunate thing about this world... Any nation that thinks more of... Anyone can tell the truth, but... At a dinner party one should... Beauty is an ecstasy; it is... Considering how foolishly people act and... Death doesn't affect the living because... Death is a very dull, dreary... Every production of an artist should... Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents... Few misfortunes can befall a boy... Habits in writing as in life... Have common sense and stick to... I can imagine no more comfortable... I made up my mind long... I would sooner read a time... I'll give you my opinion of... If a nation values anything more... If you don't change your beliefs... If you want to eat well... Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary... Impropriety is the soul of wit. In Hollywood, the women are all... In the country the darkness of... It is a funny thing about... It is an illusion that youth... It is not true that suffering... It is not wealth one asks... It is salutary to train oneself... It is unsafe to take your... It is well known that Beauty... It seems that the creative faculty... It was such a lovely day... It wasn't until late in life... It's a funny thing about life... It's no good trying to keep... It's very hard to be a... Let us develop the resources of... Like all weak men he laid... Love is only a dirty trick... Marriage is a very good thing... Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion... Money is like a sixth sense... Money is the string with which... My own belief is that there... No egoism is so insufferable as... Old age has its pleasures, which... Old age is ready to undertake... Only a mediocre person is always... People ask for criticism, but they... Perfection has one grave defect: it... Perfection is a trifle dull. It... Sentimentality is the only sentiment that... She had a pretty gift for... The ability to quote is a... The artist produces for the liberation... The common idea that success spoils... The crown of literature is poetry. The essence of the beautiful is... The great American novel has not... The love that lasts longest is... The most useful thing about a... The trouble with young writers is... The world in general doesn't know... The world is quickly bored by... The writer is more concerned to... The writer of prose can only... There are three rules for writing... There are two good things in... There is no explanation for evil... Things were easier for the old... To eat well in England, you... Tolerance is another word for indifference. Tradition is a guide and not... We are not the same persons... We have long passed the Victorian... We know our friends by their... We learn resignation not by our... What has influenced my life more... What makes old age hard to... When I read a book I... When you are young you take... When you choose your friends, don't... Writing is the supreme solace. You are not angry with people... You can do anything in this... You know what the critics are...

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