What did W. Somerset Maugham mean by: I never met an author who admitted that people did not buy his book because it was dull. - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom Copy
+ I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Funny, Happiness, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice Feraz Zeid, July 31, 2023December 12, 2023, W. Somerset Maugham, Clothes, Well Dressed, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ The ideal has many names, and beauty is but one of them. Feraz Zeid, September 25, 2023December 26, 2023, W. Somerset Maugham, Beauty, Ideals, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ It is cruel to discover one’s mediocrity only when it is too late. It does not improve the temper. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Mediocrity, Too Late, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ The trouble is that thinking looks like loafing. Who wants to pay people for daydreaming? Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Learn, Teaching, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ A good style should show no signs of effort. What is written should seem a happy accident. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Effort, Style, Writing, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others. Feraz Zeid, January 14, 2024January 14, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Resignation, Suffering, Suffering Of Others, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ Look after your laundry, and your soul will look after itself. Feraz Zeid, January 14, 2024January 14, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Motivational, Soul, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids. - Jean Craighead George
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches. - Gary D. Schmidt Author
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. - Lin Yutang Writer · China
