Famous quotes containing the words somerset maugham, somerset and/or maugham:
“Lady Hodmarsh and the duchess immediately assumed the clinging affability that persons of rank assume with their inferiors in order to show them that they are not in the least conscious of any difference in station between them.”
—W. Somerset Maugham (18741965)
“Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way.”
—W. Somerset Maugham (18741966)
“The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary, it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant, and kind. Failure makes people cruel and bitter.”
—W. Somerset Maugham (18741965)