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
looks
The dead look so terribly dead when they're dead.
heart looks doe
It does the heart good to look at you.
sunset mouths looks
Why did you look at the sunset?' Philip answered with his mouth full: Because I was happy.
grace looks doe
It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.
way looks whiskey
Some of us look for the Way in opium and some in God, some of us in whiskey and some in love. It is all the same Way and it leads nowhither.
writing looks weight
Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to.
looks crosses bus
I'd sooner be smashed into a mangled pulp by a bus when we cross the street than look forward to a life like yours.
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.