What did W. Somerset Maugham mean by: The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes… - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom Copy
+ 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
+ You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Positive Thinking, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ So long as some are strong and some are weak, the weak will be driven to the wall. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Strength, Strong, Wall, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ Only a mediocre person is always at his best. Feraz Zeid, July 11, 2023December 12, 2023, W. Somerset Maugham, Failure, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ I wonder how anyone can have the face to condemn others when he reflects upon his own thoughts. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Faces, Wit, Wonder, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Common, Speech, Writing, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don’t. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Difficulty, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
+ Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation. Feraz Zeid, January 14, 2024January 14, 2024, W. Somerset Maugham, Chance, Cute, 0 - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
O woman! thou wert fashioned to beguile: So have all sages said, all poets sung. - Jean Ingelow Poet · England
I am not less poet; I am more conscious of all that I am, am not, and might become. - Jean Toomer Writer
The poet will not be satisfied with recording, the poet will have to transform. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
Nobody’s perfect. We’re all just one step up from the beasts and one step down from the angels. - Jeannette Walls Journalist · USA
The journey starts with a single step—not with thinking about taking a step. - Jeff Olson Author · USA