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

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

Topics: Beauty Quotes, Chaos Quotes

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

Love is only the dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.

Love is only the dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.

Love is what happens to a man and woman who don't know each other

Love is what happens to a man and woman who don't know each other

There are two good things in life freedom of thought and freedom of action.

There are two good things in life freedom of thought and freedom of action.

When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most...

When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most...

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

There are two good things in life freedom of thought and freedom of action

There are two good things in life freedom of thought and freedom of action

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct

You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct

You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences

You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love....

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love....

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Beauty is a bit of a bore.

Beauty is a bit of a bore.

The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned.

The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned.

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

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

My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were...

My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were...

If people waited to know one another before they married, the world wouldn't be so...

If people waited to know one another before they married, the world wouldn't be so...

I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than...

I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than...

Resignation is the timid sign of courage

Resignation is the timid sign of courage

The need for prostitution arises from the fact that many men are either unmarried or...

The need for prostitution arises from the fact that many men are either unmarried or...