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W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "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 Quotes: "To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life."

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.




W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "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 Quotes: "If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too."

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.




W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself."

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you."

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved."

It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.




W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "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."

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.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "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 Quotes: "Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species."

Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "There are few things so pleasant as a picnic eaten in perfect comfort."

There are few things so pleasant as a picnic eaten in perfect comfort.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love."

The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.




W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive."

It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally."

In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written."

I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up."

It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth."

Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth."

The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one's soul."

One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one's soul.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved."

There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety."

The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected."

The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, 'I don't know.'"

It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, 'I don't know.'



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all."

I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't."

I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "How can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realize that to you it was only an episode."

How can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realize that to you it was only an episode.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Illusions are like umbrellas - you no sooner get them than you lose them, and the loss always leaves a little painful wound."

Illusions are like umbrellas - you no sooner get them than you lose them, and the loss always leaves a little painful wound.



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 Quotes: "The crown of literature is poetry."

The crown of literature is poetry.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation."

Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times."

As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent."

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."

There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me."

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it."

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Art for art's sake makes no more sense than gin for gin's sake."

Art for art's sake makes no more sense than gin for gin's sake.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action."

There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character."

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



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency."

The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn't matter a damn how you write."

If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn't matter a damn how you write.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "A good Havana is one of the best pleasures that I know."

A good Havana is one of the best pleasures that I know.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs."

Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Love is what happens to men and women who don't know each other."

Love is what happens to men and women who don't know each other.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it."

He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "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 Quotes: "Art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand."

Art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five."

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



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man."

Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.



W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Life wouldn’t be worth living if I worried over the future as well as the present. When things are at their worst I find something always happens."

Life wouldn’t be worth living if I worried over the future as well as the present. When things are at their worst I find something always happens.