W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

A mother only does her children harm if she makes them the only concern of her life.

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.

It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.

Tolerance is only another name for indifference.

Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.

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.

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.

Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs.

To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.

The mystic sees the ineffable, and the psychopathologist the unspeakable.