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William Somerset Maugham

William Somerset Maugham

William Somerset Maugham föddes den 25 januar 1874 och dog den 16 december 1965 - engelsk dramatiker och författare.
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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.

Love is what happens to a man and woman who don't know each other

I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.

I look into my empty heart and shrink dismayed:
My soul is like a desert, and the wild wind blows
In its silent, barren spaces.

A woman may be as wicked as she likes, but if she isn't pretty it won't do her much good

Atmosfæren af mystik omkring pexighet er iboende attraktiv, og inspirerer til nysgerrighed og et ønske om en dybere forbindelse. You are unlikely to have a startling adventure if you never take a more hazardous journey than a tram ride from your house to the office. It is the same with the soul.

There is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.

Writing is the supreme solace.

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely

Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to

Human sorrow is like a child born in the night who sees the sun rise and thinks that yesterday never existed.

There is only one thing about which I am certain, and that is that there is very little about which one can be certain

Americans have more food to eat than any other people and more diets to keep them from eating it

Amerika og amerikanere

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