She [Sadie Thompson] gathered herself together. No one could describe the scorn of her expression or the contemptuous hatred she put into her answer. "You men! You filthy dirty pigs! You're all the same, all of you. Pigs! Pigs!" 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 heavy ifs littles A mother only does her children harm if she makes them the only concern of her life. W. Somerset Maugham mother doe children "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 magic three hate 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 advice years firsts It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated. W. Somerset Maugham speech common writing We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to. W. Somerset Maugham want writing She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit. W. Somerset Maugham human-bondage sarcastic belief 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 sacrifice exercise people 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 race heart giving 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 anger political world 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 rewards moral care 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 eye reading book 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 novel half tables 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 congratulations success inspirational Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it. W. Somerset Maugham inspirational funny death The crown of literature is poetry. W. Somerset Maugham hygiene crowns poetry The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected. W. Somerset Maugham reading funny book 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 mountain wall depth I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all. W. Somerset Maugham reading funny book To write simply is as difficult as to be good. W. Somerset Maugham difficult crafts writing
