What did W. Somerset Maugham mean by: It does the heart good to look at you. W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom Copy
When you choose your friends, don’t be short-changed by choosing personality over character. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Character, Friendship, Personality, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Deception, Integrity, Self-awareness, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Belonging, Connection, Identity, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Defects, Judgement, Perception, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
The author always loads his dice, but he must never let the reader see that he has done so. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Deception, Engagement, Writing, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
It is unfair to expect a politician to live in private up to the statements he makes in public. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Expectations, Integrity, Politics, 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
There are two good things in life – freedom of thought and freedom of action. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Action, Freedom, Thought, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I’m not willing just to be tolerated. That wounds my love of love and of liberty. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it. William Morris Designer · England
