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M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "As if a woman ever loved a man for his virtue."

As if a woman ever loved a man for his virtue.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "An art is only great and significant if it is one that all may enjoy. The art of a clique is but a plaything."

An art is only great and significant if it is one that all may enjoy. The art of a clique is but a plaything.




M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Only mediocre people are at the best all the time."

Only mediocre people are at the best all the time.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Man has always sacrificed truth to his vanity, comfort and advantage. He lives not by truth but by make-believe."

Man has always sacrificed truth to his vanity, comfort and advantage. He lives not by truth but by make-believe.




M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "A God that can be understood is no God. Who can explain the Infinite in words?"

A God that can be understood is no God. Who can explain the Infinite in words?



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "You see, money to you means freedom; to me it means bondage."

You see, money to you means freedom; to me it means bondage.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humour teaches tolerance, and the humorist, with a smile and perhaps a sigh, is more likely to shrug his shoulders than to condemn."

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humour teaches tolerance, and the humorist, with a smile and perhaps a sigh, is more likely to shrug his shoulders than to condemn.




M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "We find things beautiful because we recognize them and contrariwise we find things beautiful because their novelty surprises us."

We find things beautiful because we recognize them and contrariwise we find things beautiful because their novelty surprises us.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "No woman is worth more than a fiver unless you're in love with her. Then she's worth all she costs you."

No woman is worth more than a fiver unless you're in love with her. Then she's worth all she costs you.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "The humorist has a good eye for the humbug; he does not always recognize the saint."

The humorist has a good eye for the humbug; he does not always recognize the saint.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "I never spend more than one hour in a gallery. That is as long as one's power of appreciation persists."

I never spend more than one hour in a gallery. That is as long as one's power of appreciation persists.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "When you have loved as she has loved, you grow old beautifully."

When you have loved as she has loved, you grow old beautifully.




M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "I happen to think we’ve set our ideal on the wrong objects; I happen to think that the greatest ideal man can set before himself is self-perfection."

I happen to think we’ve set our ideal on the wrong objects; I happen to think that the greatest ideal man can set before himself is self-perfection.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Kant thought things, not because they were true, but because he was Kant."

Kant thought things, not because they were true, but because he was Kant.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Never pause unless you have a reason for it, but when you pause, pause as long as you can."

Never pause unless you have a reason for it, but when you pause, pause as long as you can.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "The dead look so terribly dead when they're dead."

The dead look so terribly dead when they're dead.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "A little smoke lost in the air, that was the life of a man."

A little smoke lost in the air, that was the life of a man.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Women are constantly trying to commit suicide for love, but generally they take care not to succeed."

Women are constantly trying to commit suicide for love, but generally they take care not to succeed.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "She says it's really not very flattering to her that the women who fall in love with her husband are so uncommonly second-rate."

She says it's really not very flattering to her that the women who fall in love with her husband are so uncommonly second-rate.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Because women can do nothing except love, they've given it a ridiculous importance. They want to persuade us that it's the whole of life. It's an insignificant part."

Because women can do nothing except love, they've given it a ridiculous importance. They want to persuade us that it's the whole of life. It's an insignificant part.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and I regret nothing."

I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and I regret nothing.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "He did not care upon what terms he satisfied his passion. He had even a mad, melodramatic idea to drug her."

He did not care upon what terms he satisfied his passion. He had even a mad, melodramatic idea to drug her.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "When he sacrifices himself man for a moment is greater than God, for how can God, infinite and omnipotent, sacrifice himself?"

When he sacrifices himself man for a moment is greater than God, for how can God, infinite and omnipotent, sacrifice himself?



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "She alone had been blind to his merit. Why? Because he loved her and she did not love him. What was it in the human heart that made you despise a man because he loved you?"

She alone had been blind to his merit. Why? Because he loved her and she did not love him. What was it in the human heart that made you despise a man because he loved you?



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future."

It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "We who are of mature age seldom suspect how unmercifully and yet with what insight the very young judge us."

We who are of mature age seldom suspect how unmercifully and yet with what insight the very young judge us.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out."

The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "The good traveler has the gift of surprise."

The good traveler has the gift of surprise.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "In the conduct of life we make use of deliberation to justify ourselves in doing what we want to do."

In the conduct of life we make use of deliberation to justify ourselves in doing what we want to do.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Almost all the people who’ve had the most effect on me I seem to have met by chance, yet looking back it seems as though I couldn’t but have met them."

Almost all the people who’ve had the most effect on me I seem to have met by chance, yet looking back it seems as though I couldn’t but have met them.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Women's hearts are like old china, none the worse for a break or two."

Women's hearts are like old china, none the worse for a break or two.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "What was it in the human heart that made you despise a man because he loved you?"

What was it in the human heart that made you despise a man because he loved you?



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "The first duty of a woman is to be pretty, the second is to be well-groomed, and the third is never to contradict."

The first duty of a woman is to be pretty, the second is to be well-groomed, and the third is never to contradict.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Men have ascribed to God imperfections that they would deplore in themselves."

Men have ascribed to God imperfections that they would deplore in themselves.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "We can none of us step into the same river twice, but the river flows on and the other river we step into is cool and refreshing, too"

We can none of us step into the same river twice, but the river flows on and the other river we step into is cool and refreshing, too



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "I've met so many people, often the scum of the earth, and found them, you know, quite decent. I am an uncomfortable stranger to moral indignation."

I've met so many people, often the scum of the earth, and found them, you know, quite decent. I am an uncomfortable stranger to moral indignation.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "You're beginning to dislike me, aren't you? Well, dislike me. It doesn't make any difference to me now."

You're beginning to dislike me, aren't you? Well, dislike me. It doesn't make any difference to me now.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "You must not pursue a success, but fly from it."

You must not pursue a success, but fly from it.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "I'm only twenty-five. If I've made a mistake I have time to correct it."

I'm only twenty-five. If I've made a mistake I have time to correct it.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "It is astonishing how many books I find there is no need for me to read at all."

It is astonishing how many books I find there is no need for me to read at all.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "It must be a fault in me that I am not gravely shocked at the sins of others unless they personally affect me."

It must be a fault in me that I am not gravely shocked at the sins of others unless they personally affect me.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Comedy appeals to the collective mind of the audience and this grows fatigued; while farce appeals to a more robust organ, their collective belly."

Comedy appeals to the collective mind of the audience and this grows fatigued; while farce appeals to a more robust organ, their collective belly.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "What mean and cruel things men can do for the love of God."

What mean and cruel things men can do for the love of God.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "A woman may be as wicked as she likes, but if she isn't pretty it won't do her much good."

A woman may be as wicked as she likes, but if she isn't pretty it won't do her much good.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "I never met an author who admitted that people did not buy his book because it was dull."

I never met an author who admitted that people did not buy his book because it was dull.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "A good rule for writers: do not explain overmuch."

A good rule for writers: do not explain overmuch.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "The secret of play-writing can be given in two maxims: stick to the point, and, whenever you can, cut."

The secret of play-writing can be given in two maxims: stick to the point, and, whenever you can, cut.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "I wonder how anyone can have the face to condemn others when he reflects upon his own thoughts."

I wonder how anyone can have the face to condemn others when he reflects upon his own thoughts.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Culture is not just an ornament; it is the expression of a nation's character, and at the same time it is a powerful instrument to mould character. The end of culture is right living."

Culture is not just an ornament; it is the expression of a nation's character, and at the same time it is a powerful instrument to mould character. The end of culture is right living.