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W. Somerset Maugham on Mother's Day

1874–1965 England

← All quotes by W. Somerset Maugham

11 quotes

But when all was said the important thing was to love rather than to be loved.

Of Human Bondage (1915)

There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.

Of Human Bondage (1915)

The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.

A Writer's Notebook (1946)

What mean and cruel things men can do for the love of God.

A Writer's Notebook (1946)

Life isn't long enough for love and art.

The Moon and Sixpence (1919)

The tragedy of love is indifference.

We are not the same persons this year as last ; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

The Summing Up (1938)

He loved her so passionately he wanted her to be one soul and one body with him; and he was conscious that here, with those deep roots attaching her to the native life, she would always keep something from him.

When you have loved as she has loved, you grow old beautifully.

He had a bitter pain in his heart, for he knew that she was still a stranger to him and his hungry love was destined ever to remain unsatisfied.

Women are always glad to listen when you discourse upon love...

The Razor's Edge (1943)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: W. Somerset Maugham (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.