It is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work. W. Somerset Maugham More Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham More Quotes From W. Somerset Maugham If only the good were a little less heavy-footed W. Somerset Maugham heavyifslittles A mother only does her children harm if she makes them the only concern of her life. W. Somerset Maugham motherdoechildren "Do you like card tricks?" "No, I hate card tricks," I answered. "Well, I`ll just show you this one." He showed me three. W. Somerset Maugham magicthreehate Advice to first year medical students: In anatomy, it is better to have learned and lost than never to have learned at all. W. Somerset Maugham adviceyearsfirsts It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated. W. Somerset Maugham speechcommonwriting We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to. W. Somerset Maugham wantwriting She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit. W. Somerset Maugham human-bondagesarcasticbelief I am afraid of people with too much charm. They devour you. In the end you are made a sacrifice to the exercise of their fascinating gift and their insincerity. W. Somerset Maugham sacrificeexercisepeople I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ. W. Somerset Maugham raceheartgiving The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger. W. Somerset Maugham angerpoliticalworld The moral I draw is that the writer should seek his reward in the pleasure of his work and in release from the burden of thought; and, indifferent to aught else, care nothing for praise or censure, failure or success. W. Somerset Maugham rewardsmoralcare 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 eyereadingbook 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 novelhalftables 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 congratulationssuccessinspirational Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it. W. Somerset Maugham inspirationalfunnydeath The crown of literature is poetry. W. Somerset Maugham hygienecrownspoetry The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected. W. Somerset Maugham readingfunnybook There in the mist, enormous, majestic, silent and terrible, stood the Great Wall of China. Solitarily, with the indifference of nature herself, it crept up the mountain side and slipped down to the depth of the valley. W. Somerset Maugham mountainwalldepth I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all. W. Somerset Maugham readingfunnybook To write simply is as difficult as to be good. W. Somerset Maugham difficultcraftswriting
