W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham
William Somerset Maugham CHwas a British playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth25 January 1874
christian soul atheism
No egoism is so insufferable as that of the Christian with regard to his soul.
men atheism answers
Now the answer ... is plain, but it is so unpalatable that most men will not face it. There is no reason for life and life has no meaning.
order evil atheism
There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.
artist atheism limits
The artist can within limits make what he likes of his life... It is only the artist, and maybe the criminal, who can make his own.
men atheism world
Through the history of the world there have always been exploiters and exploited. There always will be ... because the great mass of men are made by nature to be slaves, they are unfit to control themselves, and for their own good need masters.
self atheism democracy
What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians.
atheism
I thought it was only in revealed religion that a mistranslation improved the sense.
atheism ineffable mystic
The mystic sees the ineffable, and the psychopathologist the unspeakable.
wise people atheism
If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
carry discovered earliest nonsense wiser
From the earliest times the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser than they, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture.
english expect hope perfection women
Perfection is what American women expect to find in their husbands... but English women only hope to find in their butlers.
happens love man woman
Love is what happens to a man and woman who don't know each other.
befall boy bring consequences few worse
Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother.
cute chance life-is
Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.