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Letter "W" » William Somerset Maugham Quotes
«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»
Author: William Somerset Maugham
(Novelist, Playwright, Writer)
| About:
Mankind,
Men
| Keywords:
bear on, bring to, bring to bear, inept, pitiful
«It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive»
Author: William Somerset Maugham
(Novelist, Playwright, Writer)
| About:
Suffering
| Keywords:
ennoble, ennobled, ennobles, ennobling, for the most part, petty, vindictive
«Tradition is a guide and not a jailer»
Author: William Somerset Maugham
(Novelist, Playwright, Writer)
| About:
Traditions
| Keywords:
jailer, tradition
«There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.»
«The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.»
Author: William Somerset Maugham
(Novelist, Playwright, Writer)
| About:
Originality,
World
| Keywords:
in general, originality, reaction, startle, startled
«American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers»
Author: William Somerset Maugham
(Novelist, Playwright, Writer)
| About:
America and Americans,
Being a Woman,
Wives
| Keywords:
butlers, husbands
«It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.»
Author: William Somerset Maugham
(Novelist, Playwright, Writer)
| About:
Generosity
| Keywords:
frank, franker, frankest, Franks, Frank and, generous, independent, unhampered
«She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.»
Author: William Somerset Maugham
(Novelist, Playwright, Writer)
| About:
Gifts,
Quotations,
Wit
| Keywords:
quotation, serviceable
«Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother»
Author: William Somerset Maugham
(Novelist, Playwright, Writer)
| About:
Consequences,
Misfortune,
Mothers
| Keywords:
affectionate, Bad Boy, befall
«In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.»
Author: William Somerset Maugham
(Novelist, Playwright, Writer)
| About:
America and Americans,
Women
| Keywords:
apple, Hollywood, occasionally, peach, peaches, The Women
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