Romantic Quotes - Love Quotes
W Somerset Maugham
Tolerance is another word for indifference.
- By W Somerset Maugham , on
It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.
- By W Somerset Maugham , on
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant, and kind. Failure makes people bitter and cruel.
- By W Somerset Maugham , on Society
Men have ascribed to God imperfections that they would deplore in themselves.
- By W Somerset Maugham , on Society
Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.
- By W Somerset Maugham , on
Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
- By W Somerset Maugham , on
Art should be appreciated with passion and violence, not with a tepid, deprecating elegance that fears the censoriousness of a common room.
- By W Somerset Maugham , on
Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
- By W Somerset Maugham , on
When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.
- By W Somerset Maugham , on
Perfection is what American women expect to find in their husbands... but English women only hope to find in their butlers.
- By W Somerset Maugham , on
