Quotes by Maugham, W. Somerset

No egoism is so insufferable as that of the Christian with regard to h >>

When I was young I was amazed at Plutarch's statement that the elder C >>

I've always been interested in people, but I've never liked them. >>

Quotations about Age and Aging

Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting >>

Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you >>

In my twenties, my pleasures tended to be physical. In my thirties, my >>

The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity. The beauty of the morning and the radiance of noon are good, but it would be a very silly person who drew the curtains and turned on the light in order to shut out the tranquillity of the evening. Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.

Maugham, W. Somerset