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Quotes by William Somerset Maugham

A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.

William Somerset Maugham : British novelist & playwright
William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
 
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  ... [He] is not famous. It may be that he never will be. It may be that when his life at last comes to an end he will leave no more trace of his sojourn on earth than a stone thrown into a river leaves on the surface of the water. But it may be that the way of life that he has chosen for himself and the peculiar strength and sweetness of his character may have an ever-growing influence over his fellow men so that, long after his death perhaps, it may be realized that there lived in this age a very remarkable creature.

William Somerset Maugham : British novelist & playwright
William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
Source: The Razor's Edge
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More quotes about: humbleness, influence, inspiring
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It is a funny thing about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.

William Somerset Maugham : British novelist & playwright
William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
 
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Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it.

William Somerset Maugham : British novelist & playwright
William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
 
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Do you know that conversation is one of the greatest pleasures in life? But it wants leisure.

William Somerset Maugham : British novelist & playwright
William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
Source: The Trembling of a Leaf, 1921, ch. 3
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I [Death] was astonished to see him in Baghdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra.

William Somerset Maugham : British novelist & playwright
William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
Source: Sheppy, 1900, act III
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Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.

William Somerset Maugham : British novelist & playwright
William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
 
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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. Failure makes people cruel and bitter.

William Somerset Maugham : British novelist & playwright
William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
 
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There is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.

William Somerset Maugham : British novelist & playwright
William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
 
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Reserve is an artificial quality that is developed in most of us but as the result of innumerable rebuffs.

William Somerset Maugham : British novelist & playwright
William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
 
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