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Letter "W" » William Somerset Maugham Quotes
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«Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.»
Author: William Somerset Maugham
(Novelist, Playwright, Writer)
| About:
Adventure,
Art
| Keywords:
adventure, expression, production
«There are two good things in life freedom of thought and freedom of action»
Author: William Somerset Maugham
(Novelist, Playwright, Writer)
| About:
Action,
Freedom
| Keywords:
freedom of thought
«We seek pitifully to convey to others the treasures of our heart, but they have not the power to accept them, and so we go lonely, side by side but not together, unable to know our fellows and unknown by them»
Author: William Somerset Maugham
(Novelist, Playwright, Writer)
| About:
Relationships
| Keywords:
and so, convey, conveying, conveys, fellows, lonely, Others The, pitifully, side by side, treasures, unable, unknown
«A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her, but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account»
Author: William Somerset Maugham
(Novelist, Playwright, Writer)
| About:
Men and Women
| Keywords:
account, forgive, harm, sacrifices
«It's no good crying over spilt milk, because all the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it»
Author: William Somerset Maugham
(Novelist, Playwright, Writer)
| Keywords:
bent, bent on, crying, it No, milk, no-good, spilling, spilt, Spilt Milk
«To write simply is as difficult as to be good»
«You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct»
Author: William Somerset Maugham
(Novelist, Playwright, Writer)
| About:
Sex
| Keywords:
adulteries, adultery, extinct
«It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.»
Author: William Somerset Maugham
(Novelist, Playwright, Writer)
| About:
Ambition,
Life,
Success
| Keywords:
funny, get it, refuse
«There is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.»
Author: William Somerset Maugham
(Novelist, Playwright, Writer)
| About:
Sex
| Keywords:
at large, broadcast, broadcasting, broadcasts, fill, hardly, horror, large, sexual, surprise
«Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.»
Author: William Somerset Maugham
(Novelist, Playwright, Writer)
| About:
Marriage
| Keywords:
Good Thing
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