Quotes W. Somerset Maugham

Life is so largely controlled by chance that its condu...

I've always been interested in people, but I've never ...

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yo...

My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sex...

A man marries to have a home, but also because he does...

I don't think you want too much sincerity in society.&...

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are...

Is it a reasonable thing, I ask you, for a grown...

I've met so many people, often the scum of the earth, ...

"The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit."...

"It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept any...

"Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you i...

"The common idea that success spoils people by making them v...

"There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, n...

"Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a...