Author: W. Somerset Maugham

Quotes

The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.

The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.

- W. Somerset Maugham

An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.

An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.

- W. Somerset Maugham

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

- W. Somerset Maugham

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

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

- W. Somerset Maugham

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

- W. Somerset Maugham

What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.

What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.

- W. Somerset Maugham

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.

- W. Somerset Maugham

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

- W. Somerset Maugham

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

- W. Somerset Maugham

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