Quotes by Maugham, W. Somerset

The great critic must be a philosopher, for from philosophy he will le >>

Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's >>

Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have n >>

Quotations about Suffering

To choose a hardship for ourselves is our only defense against that ha >>

There is not much sense in suffering, since drugs can be given for pai >>

We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it in full. >>

It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.

Maugham, W. Somerset