Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

Topics: Words Quotes, Writing Quotes

The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous...

The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous...

There is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the...

There is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the...

Writing is the supreme solace.

Writing is the supreme solace.

Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way

Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way

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...

Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a...

Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a...

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...

Men are passionate, men are weak, men are stupid, men are pitiful; to bring to...

Men are passionate, men are weak, men are stupid, men are pitiful; to bring to...

To write simply is as difficult as to be good

To write simply is as difficult as to be good

Tolerance is another word for indifference.

Tolerance is another word for indifference.

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to...

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to...

A dictator must fool all the people all the time and there's only one way...

A dictator must fool all the people all the time and there's only one way...

Have common sense and stick to the point.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

I don't know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God

I don't know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God

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...

The crown of literature is poetry.

The crown of literature is poetry.

If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that...

If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that...

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

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences...

Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences...