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
No affectation of peculiarity can conceal a commonplace mind. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Concealment, Mind, peculiarity, 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. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Mistakes, Time., Youth, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ Art is triumphant when it can use convention as an instrument of its own purpose. Read explanation Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Innovation, Purpose, Tradition, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ What mean and cruel things men can do for the love of God. Author, August 27, 2023January 2, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Fanaticism, Sacrifice, Violence, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
What was it in the human heart that made you despise a man because he loved you? Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Empathy, Love, Rejection, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ A good Havana is one of the best pleasures that I know. Author, June 18, 2023January 2, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Enjoyment, Pleasure, Relaxation, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Etiquette, Moderation, Socializing, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ The end of culture is right living Author, September 10, 2023January 2, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Ethics, Lifestyle, Values, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
