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W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed."

It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Art is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were supplied with food and women, to escape the tediousness of life."

Art is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were supplied with food and women, to escape the tediousness of life.




W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Well, you know when people are no good at anything else they become writers."

Well, you know when people are no good at anything else they become writers.



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

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




W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance."

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "A Unitarian very earnestly disbelieves what everyone else believes."

A Unitarian very earnestly disbelieves what everyone else believes.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o'clock sharp."

I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o'clock sharp.




W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "To write simply is as difficult as to be good."

To write simply is as difficult as to be good.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "I've always been interested in people, but I've never liked them."

I've always been interested in people, but I've never liked them.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Most people are such fools that it is really no great compliment to say that someone is above the average."

Most people are such fools that it is really no great compliment to say that someone is above the average.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "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."

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.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "No egoism is so insufferable as that of the Christian with regard to his soul."

No egoism is so insufferable as that of the Christian with regard to his soul.




W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated."

It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "I'm afraid you've thought me a bigger fool than I am."

I'm afraid you've thought me a bigger fool than I am.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Unfortunately sometimes one can't do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy."

Unfortunately sometimes one can't do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way."

Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress."

The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Tolerance is another word for indifference."

Tolerance is another word for indifference.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "They say a woman always remembers her first lover with affection; but perhaps she does not always remember him."

They say a woman always remembers her first lover with affection; but perhaps she does not always remember him.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties."

The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "You cannot write well or much (and I venture the opinion that you cannot write well unless you write much) unless you form a habit."

You cannot write well or much (and I venture the opinion that you cannot write well unless you write much) unless you form a habit.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Its a toss-up when you decide to leave the beaten track. Many are called, few are chosen."

Its a toss-up when you decide to leave the beaten track. Many are called, few are chosen.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers. You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you."

You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers. You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Common sense and nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult."

Common sense and nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Beauty is also a Gift of God, one of the most rare and precious, and we should be thankful if we are happy enough to possess it and thankful, if we are not, that others possess it for our pleasure."

Beauty is also a Gift of God, one of the most rare and precious, and we should be thankful if we are happy enough to possess it and thankful, if we are not, that others possess it for our pleasure.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "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."

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.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Perfect is determined in shortened measures of time, not over long periods of time or lifetimes. It would be unnatural."

Perfect is determined in shortened measures of time, not over long periods of time or lifetimes. It would be unnatural.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "He did not care if she was heartless, vicious and vulgar, stupid and grasping, he loved her. He would rather have misery with one than happiness with the other."

He did not care if she was heartless, vicious and vulgar, stupid and grasping, he loved her. He would rather have misery with one than happiness with the other.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one's life with her."

One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one's life with her.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed to keep them?"

What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed to keep them?



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "The writer is more concerned to know than to judge."

The writer is more concerned to know than to judge.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Some of us look for the Way in opium and some in God, some of us in whiskey and some in love. It is all the same Way and it leads nowhither."

Some of us look for the Way in opium and some in God, some of us in whiskey and some in love. It is all the same Way and it leads nowhither.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "It's asking a great deal that things should appeal to your reason as well as your sense of the aesthetic. - Of Human Bondage"

It's asking a great deal that things should appeal to your reason as well as your sense of the aesthetic. - Of Human Bondage



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "There is nothing so degrading as the constant anxiety about one's means of livelihood."

There is nothing so degrading as the constant anxiety about one's means of livelihood.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Refecting on the high divorce rate in America as contrasted with England "American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers"

Refecting on the high divorce rate in America as contrasted with England "American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Affection is created by habit, community of interests, convenience and the desire of companionship. It is a comfort rather than an exhilaration."

Affection is created by habit, community of interests, convenience and the desire of companionship. It is a comfort rather than an exhilaration.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "The ideas for stories that thronged my brain would not let me rest till I had got rid of them by writing them."

The ideas for stories that thronged my brain would not let me rest till I had got rid of them by writing them.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Art, unless it leads to right action, is no more than the opium of an intelligentsia."

Art, unless it leads to right action, is no more than the opium of an intelligentsia.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "We have long passed the Victorian Era when asterisks were followed after a certain interval by a baby."

We have long passed the Victorian Era when asterisks were followed after a certain interval by a baby.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "From old habit, unconsciously he thanked God that he no longer believed in Him."

From old habit, unconsciously he thanked God that he no longer believed in Him.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Success. I don't believe it has any effect on me. For one thing I always expected it."

Success. I don't believe it has any effect on me. For one thing I always expected it.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the center of the world."

I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the center of the world.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Advice to first year medical students: In anatomy, it is better to have learned and lost than never to have learned at all."

Advice to first year medical students: In anatomy, it is better to have learned and lost than never to have learned at all.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother."

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "The audience is not the least important actor in the play and if it will not do its allotted share the play falls to pieces."

The audience is not the least important actor in the play and if it will not do its allotted share the play falls to pieces.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner."

Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "The passing moment is all we can be sure of; it is only common sense to extract its utmost value from it."

The passing moment is all we can be sure of; it is only common sense to extract its utmost value from it.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "For the complete life, the perfect pattern includes old age as well as youth and maturity."

For the complete life, the perfect pattern includes old age as well as youth and maturity.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice."

I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice.