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Perhaps it would have been pos...

Perhaps it would have been possible to see in him a new Prometheus...the hero who for the good of mankind exposes himself to the agonies of the damned...undaunted by failure, by an unceasing effort of courage holding despair at bay, doggedly persistent in the face of self-doubt, which is the artist's bitterest enemy...

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

From the earliest time the old...

From the earliest time the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

Never pause unless you have a ...

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

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

The worst of having so much ta...

The worst of having so much tact was that you never quite knew whether other people were acting naturally or being tactful too. [The human element]

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

People are always a little dis...

People are always a little disconcerted when you don't recognize them, they are so important to themselves, it is a shock to discover of what small importance they are to others. [The human element]

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

Life is really very fantastic,...

Life is really very fantastic, and one has to have a peculiar sense of humour to see the fun of it. [Virtue]

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

I prefer a loose woman to a se...

I prefer a loose woman to a selfish one and a wanton to a fool.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

self-control might be as passi...

self-control might be as passionate and as active as the surrender to passion...

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

The important thing was to lov...

The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

Well, you know when people are...

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

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

One cannot find peace in work ...

One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one's soul.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

The ideal has many names, and ...

The ideal has many names, and beauty is but one of them.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

He had heard people speak cont...

He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

The day broke grey and dull. T...

The day broke grey and dull. The clouds hung heavily, and there was a rawness in the air that suggested snow. A woman servant came into a room in which a child was sleeping and drew the curtains. She glanced mechanically at the house opposite, a stucco house with a portico, and went to the child's bed.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

Of all the hokum with which th...

Of all the hokum with which this country [America] is riddled, the most odd is the common notion that it is free of class distinctions.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

Genius is talent provided with...

Genius is talent provided with ideals. Genius starves while talent wears purple and fine linen. The man of genius of today will infifty years' time be in most cases no more than a man of talent.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

Man's desire for the approval ...

Man's desire for the approval of his fellows is so strong, his dread of their censure so violent, that he himself has brought his enemy (conscience) within his gates; and it keeps watch over him, vigilant always in the interests of its master to crush any half-formed desire to break away from the herd.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

Nothing more predisposes someo...

Nothing more predisposes someone in our favour than to let him rob you a little.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

What do we any of us have but ...

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?

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

One does not really feel much ...

One does not really feel much grief at other people's sorrows; one tries, and puts on a melancholy face, thinking oneself brutal for not caring more; but one cannot and it is better, for if one grieved too deeply at other people's tears, life would be unendurable; and every man has sufficient sorrows of his own without taking to heart his neighbour's.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

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