Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams. W. Somerset Maugham on truth
In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally. W. Somerset Maugham on women
It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent. W. Somerset Maugham on work
At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely. W. Somerset Maugham on new years
You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humour teaches tolerance. W. Somerset Maugham on humor
No affectation of peculiarity can conceal a common place mind. W. Somerset Maugham on individuality
We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person. W. Somerset Maugham on love
It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive. W. Somerset Maugham on suffer