It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.

Quote by W -Somerset Maugham

Topics: W Somerset Maugham Quotes

We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.

We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The...

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The...

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.

The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to...

The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to...

Impropriety is the soul of wit.

Impropriety is the soul of wit.

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.

If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I...

If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I...

Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.

Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.

When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.

When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.

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.

Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs...

Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs...

Tolerance is another word for indifference.

Tolerance is another word for indifference.

It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost...

It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost...

The nature of men and women - their essential nature - is so vile and...

The nature of men and women - their essential nature - is so vile and...

I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are...

I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are...

It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering...

It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering...

The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes.

The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes.

If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault,...

If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault,...

Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?

Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?

We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our...

We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our...

Men's minds are raised to the level of the women with whom they associate

Men's minds are raised to the level of the women with whom they associate