W. Somerset Maugham1874–1965The quotations of
W. Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author
1874–1965
35 quotes, most often on Love, Money and Quotations.
There’s always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.
Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 71In contextThe love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.
A Writer’s Notebook (1946), p. 13Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
“1896”, p. 17We must go through life so inconspicuously that Fate does not notice us.
The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 38, p. 129But when all was said the important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 70In contextShe had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit…
“The Creative Impulse”, in Six Stories Written in the First Person Singular (1931)You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.
Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 23In contextDo you know that conversation is one of the greatest pleasures in life? But it wants leisure.
The Trembling of a Leaf (1921), ch. 3- The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 1, p. 8
- Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 67In context
- The Razor’s Edge (1943)
- Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 51In context
- The Razor’s Edge (1943)
- Great Novelists and Their Novels (1948)
- Of Human Bondage (1915), Chapter XXIXIn context
