William Maugham
William 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...
bear bring god inept men seems strangely tremendous wrath
Men are passionate, men are weak, men are stupid, men are pitiful; to bring to bear on them anything so tremendous as the wrath of God seems strangely inept
We do not write as we want to but as we can
certain
There is only one thing about which I am certain, and that is that there is very little about which one can be certain
discovered easy late life quite until
It wasn't until quite late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, "I don't know
discovered easy late life until
It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say 'I don't know'
happiness men petty suffering true vindictive
It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive