Quotes by Maugham, W. Somerset

It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does t >>

Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nat >>

What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, >>

Quotations about Expectation

Expect your every need to be met. Expect the answer to every problem, >>

Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling pro >>

Even if it is to be, what end do you serve by running to distress? >>

It's a funny thing about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

Maugham, W. Somerset