What did W. Somerset Maugham mean by: Nothing more predisposes someone in our favour than to let him rob you a little. W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom Copy
If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Majority, Perception, Truth, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ The writer is more concerned to know than to judge. Author, September 19, 2023January 2, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Knowledge, Perspective, Understanding, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Contrast, Emotion, Perception, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
No man in his heart is quite so cynical as a well-bred woman. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Class, Cynicism, Gender, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ The great trues are too important to be new. Author, October 10, 2023January 2, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Importance, Tradition, Wisdom, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Beauty, Confidence, Humour, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
Just as the painter thinks with his brush and paints the novelist thinks with his story. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Creativity, Expression, Interpretation, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Critique, Literature, Rejection, 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
A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Politics: the art of appearing candid and completely open while concealing as much as possible. Frank Herbert Author · USA
A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
