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
foolish forty man million people wise
If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one, but the wise man is foolish to give them the lie.
selfish fool loose-women
I prefer a loose woman to a selfish one and a wanton to a fool.
fool reader unsafe
It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.
differences fool made
She was a fool and he knew it and because he loved her it had made no difference.
god church fool
The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.
people fool way
A dictator must fool all the people all the time and there's only one way to do that, he must also fool himself.
fool bigger
I'm afraid you've thought me a bigger fool than I am.
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.
love men knows
Love is what happens to men and women who don't know each other.
knows rules three writers-and-writing
There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately no one knows what they are.