She says it's really not very flattering to her that the women who fall in love with her husband are so uncommonly second-rate. W. Somerset Maugham More Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham More Quotes From W. Somerset Maugham Writing is the supreme solace. W. Somerset Maugham solace supreme writing Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved. W. Somerset Maugham irony perfection dull Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul. W. Somerset Maugham adventure travel art When you're eighteen your emotions are violent, but they're not durable. W. Somerset Maugham high-school emotion age A dictator must fool all the people all the time and there's only one way to do that, he must also fool himself. W. Somerset Maugham atheism people way Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction. W. Somerset Maugham mark distinction simplicity Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. W. Somerset Maugham excess inspirational life It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed. W. Somerset Maugham beautiful-day bed beautiful The mystic sees the ineffable, and the psychopathologist the unspeakable. W. Somerset Maugham mystic ineffable atheism Any society that values wealth above freedom will lose its freedom, and will ultimately lose its wealth as well W. Somerset Maugham wealth wells politics At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely. W. Somerset Maugham happy-new-year clever inspirational It is astonishing how many books I find there is no need for me to read at all. W. Somerset Maugham astonishing book needs We do not write as we want, but as we can. W. Somerset Maugham beautiful inspirational life Do you know that conversation is one of the greatest pleasures in life? But it wants leisure. W. Somerset Maugham leisure want life Perhaps it would have been possible to see in him a new Prometheus...the hero who for the good of mankind exposes himself to the agonies of the damned...undaunted by failure, by an unceasing effort of courage holding despair at bay, doggedly persistent in the face of self-doubt, which is the artist's bitterest enemy. W. Somerset Maugham self hero art A soul is a troublesome possession, and when man developed it he lost the Garden of Eden. W. Somerset Maugham garden eden men If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news? W. Somerset Maugham change motivational believe Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to. W. Somerset Maugham sound writing looks A writer need not devour a whole sheep in order to know what mutton tastes like, but he must at least eat a chop. Unless he gets his facts right, his imagination will lead him into all kinds of nonsense, and the facts he is most likely to get right are the facts of his own experience. W. Somerset Maugham imagination sheep order The crown of literature is poetry. It is its end and aim. It is the sublimest activity of the human mind. It is the achievement of beauty and delicacy. The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes. W. Somerset Maugham achievement poetry mind
