Men seek but one thing in life – their pleasure.
Quote, saying and phrase by: W. Somerset Maugham
Money is like a sixth sense without whic…
Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.
Quote, saying and phrase by: W. Somerset Maugham
People ask for criticism, but they only …
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
Quote, saying and phrase by: W. Somerset Maugham
Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us…
Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.
Quote, saying and phrase by: W. Somerset Maugham
She had a pretty gift for quotation, whi…
She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.
Quote, saying and phrase by: W. Somerset Maugham
Sometimes people carry to such perfectio…
Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.
Quote, saying and phrase by: W. Somerset Maugham
The common idea that success spoils peop…
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous — on the contrary, it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant, and kind. It is failure that makes people bitter and cruel.
Quote, saying and phrase by: W. Somerset Maugham
The great tragedy of life is not that me…
The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.
Quote, saying and phrase by: W. Somerset Maugham
The important thing was to love rather t…
The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
Quote, saying and phrase by: W. Somerset Maugham
The nature of men and women – their esse…
The nature of men and women – their essential nature – is so vile and despicable that if you were to portray a person as he really is, no one would believe you.
Quote, saying and phrase by: W. Somerset Maugham