black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one’s soul.

W. Somerset Maugham

Related Topics

Convent Find One Only Peace Pleasure Soul World

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Important Love Loved Rather Thing
They have no manners and are woefully unable to deal with any social predicament. Their idea of a celebration is to go to a public house and drink six beers. They are mean, malicious and envious . They are scum.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Celebration Drink Envious House Idea Malicious Manner Predicament Six Social Unable
You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Action Freedom Good Know Life Thing
There are two good things in life – freedom of thought and freedom of action.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Action Freedom Good Thing Thought Two
I’ll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell… their heart’s in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Give Head Opinion Organ Place Right Thoroughly
The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Cease Great Love Men Perish Tragedy
Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Best Desire Often Overcome Satisfy Way
You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Anything Consequences Prepare Take World
From the earliest time the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Before Discover Earliest Into Nonsense Rub Time Wiser Young
If a man hasn’t what’s necessary to make a woman love him, it’s his fault, not hers.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Fault Her Man Necessary Woman
Men seek but one thing in life — their pleasure.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Life Men One Pleasure Seek Thing
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Ask Criticism Only People Praise Want
We seek pitifully to convey to others the treasures of our heart, but they have not the power to accept them, and so we go lonely, side by side but not together, unable to know our fellows and unknown by them.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Accept Convey Fellow Heart Know Other Power Seek Together Treasure Unable
My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Anyone Belief Broadcast Hardly Horror Large Life Own Sexual Surprise World
It’s no use crying over spilt milk, because all of the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Bent Cry Force Milk Over Spill Spilt Universe Use
Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

All Art Beautiful Beauty Perfect Richest Work

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes