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M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Benevolence is often very peremptory."

Benevolence is often very peremptory.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Dying is a dull, dreary affair. my advice is that you have nothing whatever to with it."

Dying is a dull, dreary affair. my advice is that you have nothing whatever to with it.




M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise."

People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "The tragedy of life is that sometimes we get what we want."

The tragedy of life is that sometimes we get what we want.




M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "I will continue to write moral stories in rhymed couplets. But I should be thrice a fool if I did it for aught but my own entertainment."

I will continue to write moral stories in rhymed couplets. But I should be thrice a fool if I did it for aught but my own entertainment.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Himself an ugly man, insignificantof appearance, he prized very highly comeliness in others."

Himself an ugly man, insignificantof appearance, he prized very highly comeliness in others.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Only the poet or the saint can water an asphalt pavement in the confident anticipation that lilies will reward his labour."

Only the poet or the saint can water an asphalt pavement in the confident anticipation that lilies will reward his labour.




M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "I have great affection for you, Roy" I answered, "but I don't think you are the sort of person I'd care to have breakfast with."

I have great affection for you, Roy" I answered, "but I don't think you are the sort of person I'd care to have breakfast with.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "We do not write as we want but as we can."

We do not write as we want but as we can.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Beauty is an ecstacy it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it."

Beauty is an ecstacy it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of the world in the torment of his soul."

Something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of the world in the torment of his soul.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her . . . but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account."

A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her . . . but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.




M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind."

Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "There is only one thing about which I am certain and this is that there is very little about which one can be certain."

There is only one thing about which I am certain and this is that there is very little about which one can be certain.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Dinner a time when . . . one should eat wisely but not too well and talk well but not too wisely."

Dinner a time when . . . one should eat wisely but not too well and talk well but not too wisely.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "The greatest tragedy of life is not that men perish but that they cease to love."

The greatest tragedy of life is not that men perish but that they cease to love.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers."

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you for it was the illusion they loved."

It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you for it was the illusion they loved.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Imagination grows by exercise and contrary to common belief is more powerful in the mature than in the young."

Imagination grows by exercise and contrary to common belief is more powerful in the mature than in the young.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Money is like a sixth sense and you can't make use of the other five without it."

Money is like a sixth sense and you can't make use of the other five without it.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "We do not write as we want but as we can."

We do not write as we want but as we can.



M. 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.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Beauty is an ecstasy it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all."

Beauty is an ecstasy it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets."

Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon lose its freedom and the ironical thing about it is that it will lose its ease and comfort too."

Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon lose its freedom and the ironical thing about it is that it will lose its ease and comfort too.