Quotes by W -Somerset Maugham

Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

#W Somerset Maugham

No egoism is so insufferable as that of the Christian with regard to his soul.

#W Somerset Maugham

Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of...

#W Somerset Maugham

Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is...

#W Somerset Maugham

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

#W Somerset Maugham

Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its...

#W Somerset Maugham

It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.

#W Somerset Maugham

Writing is the supreme solace.

#W Somerset Maugham

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

#W Somerset Maugham

What has influenced my life more than any other single thing has been my stammer....

#W Somerset Maugham

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

#W Somerset Maugham

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

#W Somerset Maugham