What did W. Somerset Maugham mean by: The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress. W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom Copy
+ The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Discovery, Independence, Meaninglessness, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ When you’re eighteen your emotions are violent, but they’re not durable. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Emotions, Transience, Youth, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ Writing is the supreme solace. Author, August 18, 2023January 2, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Comfort, Creativity, Expression, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Clarity, Communication, Language, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ Unfortunately sometimes one can’t do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Conflict, Consequences, Ethics, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ To write simply is as difficult as to be good. Author, June 19, 2023January 2, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Goodness, Simplicity, Writing, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ Because a man can write great works he is none the less a man. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Creativity, Humanity, Identity, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ The ideal has many names, and beauty is but one of them. Author, September 25, 2023January 2, 2025, W. Somerset Maugham, Beauty, Ideal, Names, 0 W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
All men’s misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Respectable society believed in God in order to avoid having to speak about him. Read explanation Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
