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W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

British - Playwright | January 25, 1874 - December 16, 1965

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

W. Somerset Maugham

Wit Ability Quote Substitute

You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputation for cynicism.

W. Somerset Maugham

Good Truth Reputation You Know Say

Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.

W. Somerset Maugham

Money Destiny Puppets String Motions

The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.

W. Somerset Maugham

Always Useful Principle Most About

Writing is the supreme solace.

W. Somerset Maugham

Communication Writing Solace Supreme

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

W. Somerset Maugham

Perfection Grave Dull Defect Apt

It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.

W. Somerset Maugham

Happiness Character Men Suffering

Tolerance is another word for indifference.

W. Somerset Maugham

Tolerance Indifference Word Another

Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.

W. Somerset Maugham

Great Day Generation Build Land See

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

W. Somerset Maugham

Imagination Exercise Powerful Young

It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.

W. Somerset Maugham

Gentleman Hard Writer Very

In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time.

W. Somerset Maugham

Time Darkness City Night Lights

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