Famous quotes containing the words somerset maugham, somerset and/or maugham:
“For if the proper study of mankind is man, it is evidently more sensible to occupy yourself with the coherent, substantial and significant creatures of fiction than with the irrational and shadowy figures of real life.”
—W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965)
“Habits in writing as in life are only useful if they are broken as soon as they cease to be advantageous.”
—W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965)
“The ideal has many names, and beauty is but one of them.”
—W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965)