W. Somerset MaughamA collection of 37 posts

New Years

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

Work

It is not wealth one asks for but just enough to preserve one's dignity t...

Women

In Hollywood the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasion...

Truth

Anyone can tell the truth but only very few of us can make epigrams.

Truth

You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're c...

Success

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain egotistic and se...

Poetry

The crown of literature is poetry.

Nature

The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create a...

Nature

Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature and th...

Money

Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the ...