More from William Somerset Maugham

  1. Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better for the world if they talked more and did …
  2. Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
  3. The sad Don Quixote of a worthless purpose. - p.198
  4. Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable.
  5. '...religion is...a conspiracy of...priests to gain control over the people...' - p.192
  6. Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother.
  7. '...in art honesty is not only the best but the only policy.' - p.146
  8. There is no object to life. To nature nothing matters but the continuation of the species.

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