Quotes by W -Somerset Maugham

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

#Art

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

#Friends

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

#Friends

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

#Humor

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

#Friendship, #Love

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

#Famous Love, #Love

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

#Famous Love, #Love

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

#Famous Love, #Love

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

#Famous Love, #Love

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

#Love

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a...

#W Somerset Maugham

Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the...

#W Somerset Maugham