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Famous W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
Source: Of Human Bondage
“It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it.”
Source: Of Human Bondage (Diversion Classics)
“Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.”
“Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.”
Source: The Essential W. Somerset Maugham Collection
“There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.”
Source: The Essential W. Somerset Maugham Collection
“It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it is too late. It does not improve the temper.”
Source: Of Human Bondage (Diversion Classics)
“Self-control might be as passionate and as active as the surrender to passion.”
Source: The Essential W. Somerset Maugham Collection
Source: Of Human Bondage (Diversion Classics)
“Men seek but one thing in life - their pleasure.”
Source: Of Human Bondage (Diversion Classics)
“You see, money to you means freedom; to me it means bondage.”
Source: The Essential W. Somerset Maugham Collection
Source: Of Human Bondage (Diversion Classics)
“When things are at their worst, I find something always happens.”
Source: Of Human Bondage (Diversion Classics)
Source: The Essential W. Somerset Maugham Collection
Source: Of Human Bondage (Diversion Classics)
“Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner.”
Source: Of Human Bondage (Diversion Classics)