Quotes by Maugham, W. Somerset

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquir >>

Habits in writing as in life are only useful if they are broken as soo >>

From the earliest times the old have rubbed it into the young that the >>

Quotations about Beauty

Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, >>

Beauty is but a vain and doubtful good; a shining gloss that fadeth su >>

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I >>

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.

Maugham, W. Somerset