Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.

Quote by W -Somerset Maugham

Topics: Life Quotes

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.

It is funny about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the very best...

It is funny about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the very best...

Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.

Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.

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...

We have long passed the Victorian Era when asterisks were followed after a certain interval...

We have long passed the Victorian Era when asterisks were followed after a certain interval...

To eat well in England, you should have a breakfast three times a day.

To eat well in England, you should have a breakfast three times a day.

In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city,...

In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city,...

Habits in writing as in life are only useful if they are broken as soon...

Habits in writing as in life are only useful if they are broken as soon...

It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their...

It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their...

It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say...

It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say...

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...

By the time a man notices that he is no longer young, his youth has...

By the time a man notices that he is no longer young, his youth has...

Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon...

Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon...

We know our friends by their defects rather than their merits.

We know our friends by their defects rather than their merits.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

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...

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the...

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the...

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...

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

If I'm a cruel satirist at least I'm not a hyprocrite: I never judge what...

If I'm a cruel satirist at least I'm not a hyprocrite: I never judge what...