Source: Mr. Maugham Himself
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Famous W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
Source: Mr. Maugham Himself
“The humorist has a good eye for the humbug; he does not always recognize the saint.”
Source: The Summing Up
“It takes two to make a love affair and a mans meat is too often a woman's poison.”
Source: Mr. Maugham Himself
Source: Mr. Maugham Himself
“Clearly much that seemed valid seemed so only because he had been taught it from earliest youth.”
Source: Of Human Bondage (Diversion Classics)
Source: Mr. Maugham Himself
“So long as some are strong and some are weak, the weak will be driven to the wall.”
Source: Mr. Maugham Himself
Source: A Maugham Twelve: Stories selected and with an introduction by Angus Wilson
“If truth is a value it is because it is true and not because it is brave to speak it.”
“The drama is make-believe. It does not deal with truth but with effect.”
Source: Mr. Maugham Himself
“It has been said that good prose should resemble the conversation of a well-bred man.”
Source: Mr. Maugham Himself
Source: Mr. Maugham Himself
Source: Cakes and Ale