Category: Quote of the Day

I did not then know the besetting sin of woman, the passion to discuss her private affairs with anyone who is willing to listen.

William Somerset Maugham

There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.

William Somerset Maugham

I don’t think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.

William Somerset Maugham

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

William Somerset Maugham

It was not till quite late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say: “I don’t know.”

William Somerset Maugham

You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.

William Somerset Maugham

The world in general doesn’t know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.

William Somerset Maugham

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

William Somerset Maugham