Famous Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham

“How can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realize that to you it was only an episode.”

W. Somerset Maugham

“Oh, it's always the same,' she sighed, 'if you want men to behave well to you, you must be beastly to them; if you treat them decently they make you suffer for it.”

W. Somerset Maugham

“One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one's life with her.”

W. Somerset Maugham

“It is one of the defects of my character that I cannot altogether dislike anyone who makes me laugh.”

W. Somerset Maugham

“If 50 million people say something foolish, it is still foolish.”

W. Somerset Maugham

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.

W. Somerset Maugham