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
cynical criticism doe
You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputation for cynicism.
too-late mediocrity doe
It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it is too late. It does not improve the temper.
firsts doe lovers
They say a woman always remembers her first lover with affection; but perhaps she does not always remember him.
heart looks doe
It does the heart good to look at you.
grace looks doe
It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.
reality doe states
A state of reverie does not avoid reality, it accedes to reality.
thinking may doe
The novel may stimulate you to think. It may satisfy your aesthetic sense. It may arouse your moral emotions. But if it does not entertain you it is a bad novel.
drama believe doe
The drama is make-believe. It does not deal with truth but with effect.
mother children doe
A mother only does her children harm if she makes them the only concern of her life.
one-day doe seems
The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.
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.