What did W. Somerset Maugham mean by: I don’t know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God. - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom Copy
+ The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024February 8, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Love, Stop Loving, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ It requires the feminine temperament to repeat the same thing three times with unabated zest. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Feminine, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ I’m only twenty-five. If I’ve made a mistake I have time to correct it. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Mistake, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Book, Education, Reading, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o’clock sharp. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Inspiration, Morning, Writing, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ No man in his heart is quite so cynical as a well-bred woman. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Cynical, Heart, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ It has been said that metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Believe, Philosophy, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Writing, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There is something all life has in common, and when I know what it is I shall know myself. - Jean Craighead George
Science and art have that in common that everyday things seem to them new and attractive. Explain - Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher · Germany
It is a maxim of old that among themselves all things are common to friends. - Jean Racine Playwright · France
It is impossible for that man to despair who remembers that his Helper is omnipotent. - Jeremy Taylor Clergyman · England
This is probably as bad a day as the court has had on social issues since Roe vs. Wade. - Jerry Falwell
Religious conflict can be the bloodiest and cruelest conflicts that turn people into fanatics. - William J. Brennan Judge · USA