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M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians."

What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "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.




M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation."

I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Of all the hokum with which this country [America] is riddled, the most odd is the common notion that it is free of class distinctions."

Of all the hokum with which this country [America] is riddled, the most odd is the common notion that it is free of class distinctions.




M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem."

Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Oh, it's always the same,' she sighed, 'if you want men to behave well to you, you must be beastly to them; if you treat them decently they make you suffer for it."

Oh, it's always the same,' she sighed, 'if you want men to behave well to you, you must be beastly to them; if you treat them decently they make you suffer for it.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "She loved three things — a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man."

She loved three things — a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.




M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Only a mediocre person is always at his best."

Only a mediocre person is always at his best.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "[Money] is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets."

[Money] is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences."

You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all."

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "People ask for criticism, but they only want praise."

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.




M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless."

There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech."

If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "It's no use crying over spilt milk, because all of the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it."

It's no use crying over spilt milk, because all of the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit."

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "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.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Life isn't long enough for love and art."

Life isn't long enough for love and art.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice"

The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Tolerance is only another name for indifference."

Tolerance is only another name for indifference.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "The important thing was to love rather than to be loved."

The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me."

I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit."

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "It is not difficult to be unconventional in the eyes of the world when your unconventionality is but the convention of your set."

It is not difficult to be unconventional in the eyes of the world when your unconventionality is but the convention of your set.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Writing is the supreme solace."

Writing is the supreme solace.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "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.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "A dictator must fool all the people all the time and there's only one way to do that, he must also fool himself."

A dictator must fool all the people all the time and there's only one way to do that, he must also fool himself.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "A state of reverie does not avoid reality, it accedes to reality."

A state of reverie does not avoid reality, it accedes to reality.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "All the words I use in my stories can be found in the dictionary-it's just a matter of arranging them into the right sentences."

All the words I use in my stories can be found in the dictionary-it's just a matter of arranging them into the right sentences.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Reserve is an artificial quality that is developed in most of us but as the result of innumerable rebuffs."

Reserve is an artificial quality that is developed in most of us but as the result of innumerable rebuffs.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "An author spends months writing a book, and maybe puts his heart's blood into it, and then it lies about unread till the reader has nothing else in the world to do."

An author spends months writing a book, and maybe puts his heart's blood into it, and then it lies about unread till the reader has nothing else in the world to do.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "I'd sooner be smashed into a mangled pulp by a bus when we cross the street than look forward to a life like yours."

I'd sooner be smashed into a mangled pulp by a bus when we cross the street than look forward to a life like yours.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Imagination grows by exercise."

Imagination grows by exercise.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "In civilized communities men's idiosyncrasies are mitigated by the necessity of conforming to certain rules of behavior. Culture is a mask that hides their faces."

In civilized communities men's idiosyncrasies are mitigated by the necessity of conforming to certain rules of behavior. Culture is a mask that hides their faces.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right."

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



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one."

If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "A good style should show no signs of effort. What is written should seem a happy accident."

A good style should show no signs of effort. What is written should seem a happy accident.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "The most valuable thing I have learned from life is to regret nothing."

The most valuable thing I have learned from life is to regret nothing.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Women are often under the impression that men are much more madly in love with them than they really are."

Women are often under the impression that men are much more madly in love with them than they really are.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent."

There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories."

It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "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.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault, not hers."

If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault, not hers.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction."

Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her...but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account."

A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her...but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "There is no need for the writer to eat a whole sheep to be able to tell you what mutton tastes like. It is enough if he eats a cutlet. But he should do that."

There is no need for the writer to eat a whole sheep to be able to tell you what mutton tastes like. It is enough if he eats a cutlet. But he should do that.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "Look after your laundry, and your soul will look after itself."

Look after your laundry, and your soul will look after itself.



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others."

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



M. Somerset Maugham Quotes: "The trouble is that thinking looks like loafing. Who wants to pay people for daydreaming?"

The trouble is that thinking looks like loafing. Who wants to pay people for daydreaming?