The crown of literature is poetry.

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

Topics: Literature Quotes, Poetry Quotes

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental...

What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental...

I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.

I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.

Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have...

Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have...

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope...

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope...

Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too...

Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too...

A man who is a politician at forty is a statesman at three score and...

A man who is a politician at forty is a statesman at three score and...

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is...

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is...

Beauty is a bit of a bore.

Beauty is a bit of a bore.

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...

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope...

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope...

Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.

Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

No man in his heart is quite so cynical as a well-bred woman.

No man in his heart is quite so cynical as a well-bred woman.

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but...

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but...

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

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.

Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of...

Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of...

Consider what you have in the smallest chosen library: a company of the wisest and...

Consider what you have in the smallest chosen library: a company of the wisest and...

Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the...

Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the...