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William Somerset Maugham

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“Do you know that conversation is one of the greatest pleasures in life? But it wants leisure.”
— The Trembling of a Leaf (1921), ch. 3
“There was an immeasurable distance between the quick and the dead: they did not seem to belong to the same species; and it was strange to think that but a little while before they had spoken and moved and eaten and laughed.”
— Ch. 54
“Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.”
— Ch. 42, p. 147
“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 bitter and cruel.”
— p. 182
“What mean and cruel things men can do for the love of God.”
— "1901", p. 67
“"Martinis should never be shaken," he said. "They should always be stirred so that the molecules lie sensuously on top of each other . . ."”
— Robin Maugham, Conversations with Willie: Recollections of W. Somerset Maugham (1978), p. 106

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No public IJR answers mention William Somerset Maugham yet. As people ask about it and share their answers, they'll appear here.

“Do you know that conversation is one of the greatest pleasures in life? But it wants leisure.”
— The Trembling of a Leaf (1921), ch. 3
“There was an immeasurable distance between the quick and the dead: they did not seem to belong to the same species; and it was strange to think that but a little while before they had spoken and moved and eaten and laughed.”
— Ch. 54
“Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.”
— Ch. 42, p. 147
“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 bitter and cruel.”
— p. 182
“What mean and cruel things men can do for the love of God.”
— "1901", p. 67
“"Martinis should never be shaken," he said. "They should always be stirred so that the molecules lie sensuously on top of each other . . ."”
— Robin Maugham, Conversations with Willie: Recollections of W. Somerset Maugham (1978), p. 106

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.