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Famous Quotes By W. Somerset Maugham

Famous quotes made by the English novelist, playwright, and short-story writer, W. Somerset Maugham. He was born on January 25, 1874 and died December 16, 1965.

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A woman will always sacrifice herself if you give her the opportunity. It is her favorite form of self-indulgence.

In heaven when the blessed use the telephone they will say what they have to say and not a word besides.

Only a mediocre writer is always at his best.

To do each day two things one dislikes is a precept I have followed scrupulously; every day I have got up and I have gone to bed.

England seems to me full of people doing things they don't want to do, because other people expect it of them.

It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.

Impropriety is the soul of wit.

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers.

A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her, but she can never forgive the sacrifices he makes on her account.

The degree of a nation's civilization is marked by its disregards for the necessities of existence.

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You raise your voice when you should reinforce your argument.

You can find more quotations like this one in the Samuel Johnson category.