Inspirational Quotations by Somerset Maugham

  • It is a funny thing about life,
    If you refuse to accept nothing but the best,
    You very often get it.
    From Issue 117
  • It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to
    accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
    From Issue 237
  • A good style should show no signs of effort. What is written should seem a happy accident.
    Topic: Writing
    From Issue 341
  • From the earliest time the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture.
    From Issue 368
  • Common sense and good nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult.
    From Issue 416

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