black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

He is not famous. It may be that he never will be. It may be that when his life at last comes to an end he will leave no more trace of his sojourn on earth than a stone thrown into a river leaves on the surface of the water.

W. Somerset Maugham

Related Topics

Come Earth End Famous Leave Life May More never River Sojourn Stone Surface Water Trace

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

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

Of all the hokum with which this country [America] is riddled, the most odd is the common notion that it is free of class distinctions.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Clase Common Country Destruction Free Most Odd People Person Riddle
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
Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Achieve Constitution Dirty Love Paly Species Trick
He is not famous. It may be that he never will be. It may be that when his life at last comes to an end he will leave no more trace of his sojourn on earth than a stone thrown into a river leaves on the surface of the water.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Come Earth End Famous Leave Life May More never River Sojourn Stone Surface Water Trace
We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Because Have Want Write
What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed to keep them?
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Allow Any Illusion Ask Keep Other Them
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
Now it is a funny thing about life. If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. If you utterly decline to make do with what you can get, then somehow or other, you are very likely to get what you want.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Accept Anything Best Funny Get Life Often Refuse Thing
The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Last Longest Love never Return
It is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Acquire Hard Work Knowledge Nuisance Only
When you are reconciled to the fact that each is for himself in the world you will ask less from your fellows. They will not disappoint you, and you will look upon them more charitably.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Ask Charitablity Disappoint Each Fellow Himself Less More Reconcile
The tragedy of love is not death or separation. How long do you think it would have been before one or other of them ceased to care?
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Before Care Cesare Death Long Love Other Separation Think Tragedy
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

Act Convention Country Democratic Ground Like Nation Personality Prefer Worst
Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Dullness First Good Husband Reyuiste
Any society that values wealth above freedom will lose its freedom, and will ultimately lose its wealth as well
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Freedom Lose Society Ultimately Value Wealth Well
Impropriety is the soul of wit.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Impropriety Soul Wit

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes

Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'imagick.so' (tried: /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20200930/imagick.so (/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20200930/imagick.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20200930/imagick.so.so (/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20200930/imagick.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0