Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner. - Of Human Bondage
W Somerset Maugham quote I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice. - Of Human Bondage
Advice |
W Somerset Maugham quoteAt a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
W Somerset Maugham quote Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
Habit |
W Somerset Maugham quoteAnyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
W Somerset Maugham quote Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.
W Somerset Maugham quote Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.
W Somerset Maugham quote A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.
W Somerset Maugham quote Biography
English novelist. Lived 1874 - 1965
