Quotes from Collected Short Stories: Volume 1

“I do not believe that I am a vindictive man, but when the immortal gods take a hand in the matter it is pardonable to observe the results with complacency.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, quote from Collected Short Stories: Volume 1

“…I do not mind odious young men; it is when they are charming that I button up the pockets of my sympathy.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, quote from Collected Short Stories: Volume 1

“I do not like these painted faces that look all alike; and I think women are foolish to dull their expression and obscure their personality with powder, rouge, and lipstick.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, quote from Collected Short Stories: Volume 1

“We can only guess at the thoughts and emotions of our neighbors. Each one of us is a prisoner in a solitary tower and he communicates with the other prisoners, who form mankind, by conventional signs that have not quite the same meaning for them as for himself.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, quote from Collected Short Stories: Volume 1

“...her very kindness was cruel because it was founded not on love but on reason...”
― W. Somerset Maugham, quote from Collected Short Stories: Volume 1

“Well, Henry, if I were you I wouldn’t worry”, said the lawyer. “My belief is that your boy’s born lucky, and in the long run that’s better than to be born clever or rich.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, quote from Collected Short Stories: Volume 1

“From the standpoint of what eternity is it better to have read a thousand books than to have ploughed a million furrows?”
― W. Somerset Maugham, quote from Collected Short Stories: Volume 1

“It was difficult for her to preserve that haughty, sullen, and coldly indifferent demeanour that appears to be essential to the mannequin as she sails in with deliberate steps, turns round slowly and, with an air of contempt for the universe equalled only by the camel’s, sails out.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, quote from Collected Short Stories: Volume 1

“annihilated them. ‘I have often wondered why men”
― W. Somerset Maugham, quote from Collected Short Stories: Volume 1

“Heaven knows, I'm the easiest woman in the world to get on with, but I will not be bullied by any man. After all, I have my self-respect to think of.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, quote from Collected Short Stories: Volume 1

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