Quotes by Maugham, W. Somerset

It is unfair to expect a politician to live in private up to the state >>

The writer is more concerned to know than to judge. >>

People who ask for your criticism want only praise. >>

Quotations about Nature

The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness. >>

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the star >>

Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunr >>

Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable.

Maugham, W. Somerset