What did W. Somerset Maugham mean by: The crown of literature is poetry. - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom Copy
+ It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Fool, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ 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
+ As the cosmos are in place, so be it with your life. Feraz Zeid, June 29, 2023December 12, 2023, W. Somerset Maugham, Cosmos, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. Feraz Zeid, July 15, 2023December 12, 2023, W. Somerset Maugham, Artist, Produce, Soul, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ Art is triumphant when it can use convention as an instrument of its own purpose. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Art, Purpose, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ For the complete life, the perfect pattern includes old age as well as youth and maturity. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Age, Maturity, Perfect, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Enough, Past, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ You must not pursue a success, but fly from it. Feraz Zeid, August 1, 2023December 12, 2023, W. Somerset Maugham, Pursue, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
But, oh, Thou bounteous Giver of all good, Thou art, of all Thy gifts, Thyself thy crown! - William Cowper Poet · England
The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue. - William Cowper Poet · England
The machinations of ambiguity are among the very roots of poetry. - William Empson Poet and literary critic · England
All poetry like every work of art proceeds from a swift vision of things. - Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
