There’s always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM AlwaysHimselfLetLoveLovedOne
The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM CruelHardKnowNoneWhitherWorld
I’d sooner be smashed into a mangled pulp by a bus when we cross the street than look forward to a life like yours. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM BuyCrossForwardLifeLikeLookMangledPulpSmasherSoonerStreet
The important thing was to love rather than to be loved. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM ImportantLoveLovedRatherThing
In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM AppleCountryHollywoodLongMakeOccasionallyOnePeachWomen
There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM NoNothingPursuitTalentTerribleThose
I personally prefer freedom of thought. But in England you get neither: you’re ground down by convention. You can’t think as you like and you can’t act as you like. That’s because it’s a democratic nation. I expect America’s worse. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM ActConventionCountryDemocraticGroundLikeNationPersonalityPreferWorst
It’s no good trying to keep up old friendships. It’s painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM BothFaceFactFriendshipGoodGrowKeepOldOnlyPainfulPeopleSideThing
Life wouldn’t be worth living if I worried over the future as well as the present. When things are at their worst I find something always happens. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM FutureLifeLiveOverPresentWorryWorth
There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM KnowNovelRuleThreeUnfortunatelyWrite
Now the answer … is plain, but it is so unpalatable that most men will not face it. There is no reason for life and life has no meaning. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM AnswerFaceLifeMeaningMenMostPlainReasonUnpalatable
Any society that values wealth above freedom will lose its freedom, and will ultimately lose its wealth as well W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM FreedomLoseSocietyUltimatelyValueWealthWell
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 AnyoneBeliefBroadcastHardlyHorrorLargeLifeOwnSexualSurpriseWorld
