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It is an illusion that youth i...

It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it; but the young know they are wretched for they are full of the truthless ideals which have been instilled in them, and each time they come into contact with the real, they are bruised and wounded.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

Remember that it is nothing to...

Remember that it is nothing to do your duty, that is demanded of you and is no more meritorious than to wash your hands when they are dirty; the only thing that counts is the love of duty; when love and duty are one, then grace is in you and you will enjoy a happiness which passes all understanding.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

The future will one day be the...

The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

Tolerance is only another name...

Tolerance is only another name for indifference.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

Genius is talent provided with...

Genius is talent provided with ideals.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

She says it's really not very ...

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.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

I'm afraid you've thought me a...

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

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

A bird in the hand was worth t...

A bird in the hand was worth two in the bush, he told her, to which she retorted that a proverb was the last refuge of the mentally destitute.

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

The ideal has many names, and ...

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

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

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

The important thing was to lov...

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

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 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

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

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

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

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