Quotes by Maugham, W. Somerset

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit. >>

Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom w >>

Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way. >>

Quotations about Resignation

Give up the feeling of responsibility, let go your hold, resign the ca >>

Resignation, not mystic, not detached, but resignation open-eyed, cons >>

Fatalism is the lazy man's way of accepting the inevitable. >>

I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.

Maugham, W. Somerset