Maugham's personal classic quotations

Maugham was born in Paris on January 25, 1874. After graduating from high school, he studied at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. He studied medicine in London from 1892 to 1897 and obtained the qualification of surgeon. Below are the classic quotations about Somerset Maugham that I have collected for you. You are welcome to read them.

1) You never know what kind of wildness is hidden in the most decent woman.

2) I am afraid of people who are too charming. They will swallow you up. In the end, you will become a sacrifice for their charming talents and false feelings. What I want is something to focus on.

3) In order to make the soul peaceful, a person should do two things he doesn't like every day. The person who said this is a smart man, and I have been meticulously following this motto: because I get up every morning and go to bed every day.

4) Writers are more concerned with understanding human nature than judging human nature.

5) He sincerely mistook his desires for romantic love, mistook his indecision for the temperament of an artist, and mistook his idleness for the detachment of a philosopher. He has a mediocre mind, but he pursues nobility and elegance diligently. Therefore, when looking out of his eyes, everything is covered with a layer of sentimental golden mist, and the outline is blurred. As a result, it appears larger than the actual image. He was lying, but he never knew he was lying; when others pointed out to him, he said lies were beautiful. He is an idealist.

6) If everyone only spoke when they had something to say, it wouldn’t be long before humans would no longer be able to speak.

7) A woman can be more cruel than anyone else to a man who still loves her but no longer loves her; she is not only unkind to him, but also intolerable at all. She becomes a Tuan's irrational anger.

8) When you fall in love at the age of twenty, you think it will be eternal. But when you are fifty, you have seen through life and love, and you know that it is just a fleeting moment. Lost stuff.

9) Some people say that disasters and misfortunes can make human nature noble. This is not true; sometimes it is happiness that makes people behave noblely. Disasters and misfortunes in most cases can only make people become ungrateful. Become more petty-minded and vengeful.

10) I have no illusions about you at all. I know you are stupid, frivolous, and empty-headed, but I love you. I know your intentions, your ideals, your snobbery and vulgarity, but I love you. I know you're a second-rate piece of shit, but I love you.

11) The sorrow and pain are as great as the human heart. Some people, if you greet them and say, "How are you doing?" they will say, "Very good, thank you." If they think you really care about them, then they're really being self-righteous. The hardest thing for a person to do is to realize that he is not the center of life, but only on the edge.

12) It’s never been known why people fall in love with another person? I guess maybe we all have gaps in our hearts, blowing cold wind into our souls, and we desperately need someone who is just right. Shape heart to fill it. Even if you are a perfect circle like the sun, the gap in my heart may just be a crooked zigzag that you cannot fill.

13) In this way, the crux of the problem is to figure out what kind of person you are. Once this is clear, your philosophical system will come naturally.

14) Remember, the things you do and the little effort you put in are not something to boast about. They are the responsibilities entrusted to you, just like washing your hands when they are dirty. The only thing that is precious is the love of responsibility. When love and responsibility become one, you will be noble. You will enjoy an indescribable happiness.

15) The most lasting love is the love that can never be reciprocated.

16) Some people have so many tears on their chests that I can’t bear to shed mine anymore.

17) Whenever I think about the joy of you being with me, whenever I see the joy in your eyes, I am ecstatic. I try my best to keep my love within the limit that does not bore you, otherwise I know that I cannot bear the consequences. I always pay attention to your expression, and if you show any signs of boredom, I will change my approach. A husband's rights, in my opinion, are a favor.

18) Doing what you want to do most, living in an environment you like, being quiet and unconcerned with the world, is this a waste of yourself? On the contrary, being a famous surgeon , an annual salary of 10,000 pounds, and marrying a beautiful wife, is success? I think it all depends on how a person views the meaning of life, what obligations he thinks he should fulfill to society, and what requirements he has for himself.

19) There is such a thing in life: you meet a person every day for several months, and your relationship with him becomes very close. At that time, you may even think about not knowing this person without him. How to live. Then the two separated, but everything continued as before. The partner you thought you couldn't live without for a moment has now become dispensable. Day after day, over time, you don't even think about him anymore.

　20) I have never known why people fall in love with another person. I guess maybe we all have a gap in our hearts. It is a hole that fills our souls. The biting cold wind blows, so we urgently need a heart with the right shape to fill it. Even if you are a perfect circle like the sun, the gap in my heart may just be a crooked zigzag shape, so you fill it No.

　21) He has always had a love for life. In his eyes, the idealism he has encountered is to a large extent a cowardly retreat from life. The idealist automatically avoids life because he cannot stand the competition and crowding of that kind of crowd; he has no strength to fight, so he calls this kind of struggle vulgar; he is vain because his peers do not use his understanding of himself. He comforts himself by looking down upon his companions.

22) He did not understand that on the journey of life, he had to cross a vast expanse of arid, barren and dangerous wilderness before he could enter the living reality. The so-called "youth is more happiness" is just an illusion, an illusion of people whose youth has passed away; and young people know that they are unfortunate because they are full of unrealistic fantasies, all of which are instilled from the outside. It goes into their heads, and whenever they come into contact with reality, they always get a bloody blow.

23) Only a few people in the world can finally achieve their ideals. Our life is very simple and simple. We are not ambitious, and if we are proud, it is pride in thinking of the fruits of our labor. We are neither jealous nor resentful toward others. Well, my dear sir, some people think that the happiness of labor is empty talk, but that is not the case with me. I deeply feel the importance of this sentence. I am a very happy person.

24) There is still a long way to go in life, and there is plenty of time. If he pleased, he could spend several years wandering about in inaccessible places and among strange people, where people lived in all kinds of eccentric ways. He doesn't know what he wants to pursue, nor what travel will bring him, but he feels that through travel, he will learn many new things in life and find some clues to the mystery he has just uncovered, and the results will be all right. Make yourself discover the mysteries of life even more incredible. Even if he gets nothing, at least it can eliminate the uneasiness that disturbs his state of mind.

25) I am either too self-centered or too cold, too reserved, or too shy to develop intimate relationships with anyone I know. Sometimes a friend who is having trouble will open up to me, but I will be too embarrassed to be of much help.

Most people like to talk about themselves, and I always feel embarrassed when they share things with me that I think they should keep to themselves. I prefer to speculate on the secrets in their hearts. It is part of my personality that I am unwilling to accept a person's apparent value without thinking, and I am rarely impressed. I don't have the ability to respect others. My personality is more likely to be amused than respectful.

26) I really don’t see the use of reading the same thing endlessly. This is just a kind of laziness that seems to be hard-working.

27) Maybe all the wrong and stupid things she has done, and all the hardships she has endured, are not all meaningless - that will be a road to peace.

28) I love you so humbly and silently. I am not good at expressing myself, and I am not hypocritical. I always do less than I think. What is shown in my eyes is by no means empty, except for the sincerity. The love in my heart and my gratitude to God, I will never have any regrets if I leave here, I am still deeply attached and reluctant to let go.

29) As a person who falls in love, the difference between men and women is: women can fall in love all day and all night, but men can only do this kind of thing sometimes and for a while.

30) The hatred aroused in a woman's heart by a blow to her vanity will be greater than that of a lioness whose cubs are slaughtered.

31) If work has no motivation, it is not work at all, just an empty action. - Somerset Maugham's "Knife's Edge"

32) In most cases, pain can never improve people's cultivation, but can only make people rough and ruthless. Poverty is also a pain. Poverty makes them greedy and mean, treacherous and hypocritical. —— Maugham's "Writer's Notes"

　33) If just blaming me will be beneficial to you, then you can do whatever you want. —— Somerset Maugham, "The Veil"

34) The razor is sharp, and it is difficult to get better; the wise man has a cloud, and he can overcome the thinness of people. - Somerset Maugham's "The Blade"

35) It has never been known why people fall in love with another person? I guess maybe there is a gap in our hearts, blowing cold wind into our souls , we urgently need a heart of the right shape to fill it. Even if you are a perfect circle like the sun, the gap in my heart may just be a crooked zigzag shape that you cannot fill. —— Maugham's "The Veil"

　36) The highest form of literature is poetry. Poetry is the ultimate goal of literature. It is the most noble activity of the human soul. It is a shortcut to beauty. —— Somerset Maugham, "In Search of Pleasure"

37) If you tell others that this is the right thing to do, and say it a lot, they will eventually believe you, and if you don't give them a reason, , they may be more receptive to your point of view. —— Maugham's "Writer's Notes"

38) Being a detective does not seem like an easy job to make money, because he is always short of money and the office is small and shabby. We also know very little about his past. He seems to have no parents, aunts, or brothers. But on the other hand, he is always lucky to have a blonde, beautiful, and loving female secretary. He also treated her with tenderness, and from time to time gave her a kiss for her deep love. —— Somerset Maugham, "Come with Nature"

39) I want to live in the world and love everything in the world. Nothing can hurt me. Nothing has to hurt me. I am willing to accept all forms. life, no matter how sad and painful it is. - Somerset Maugham's "The Blade"

　40) A woman can be crueler than anyone to a man who still loves her but whom she no longer loves; she is not only unkind to him, but she cannot be kind to him at all. Tolerating it, she became a ball of irrational rage. —— Somerset Maugham, "The Moon and Sixpence"

41) I know that suffering cannot make people nobler, but instead makes people humbler. It makes people selfish, petty, narrow-minded, and jealous. It attracts people's attention to small things. It does not make people transcend themselves, but makes them less than real people. I once cruelly wrote that we do not learn from our own suffering, but from the suffering of others. Only then did I learn to obey.

42) I feel that most people seem to lack something if they live a mediocre life like this. I recognize the social value of this kind of life, and I see its orderly happiness, but there is a strong desire in my blood for a more wild and unruly journey. My heart longed for a more thrilling life.

43) I don’t need love. I don't have time for love. This is the weakness of human nature. I'm a man and sometimes I need a woman. But once my lust was satisfied, I was ready for something else. I couldn't overcome my desire, I hated it, it imprisoned my spirit. I hope that one day in the future, I will no longer be dominated by desires and devote myself to my work without any obstacles. Because women can't do anything else except fall in love, they regard love as very important, almost to the point of being ridiculous. They also want to convince us that all human life is love. In fact love is an insignificant part of life. I only know lust. This is normal and healthy. Love is a disease. Women are my tools for pleasure, and I hate their requests for career assistants and life partners.

44) He did not understand that on the journey of life, he had to cross a vast expanse of arid, barren and dangerous wilderness before he could enter the living reality. The so-called "youth brings happiness" is nothing but an illusion, an illusion of people whose youth has passed away.

45) If a man is unable to win a woman's love, it will be his fault, not hers.

46) Each of us is alone in the world. Everyone is imprisoned in an iron tower and can only rely on some symbols to communicate his thoughts with others; and these symbols do not have the same value, so their meaning is vague and uncertain. It is very pitiful that we want to convey the wealth in our hearts to others, but they do not have the ability to receive this wealth. Therefore, we can only walk alone, although our bodies are close to each other, we are not together, neither understanding nor being understood by others.

47) If your happiness is no longer so intense, then your pain will no longer be so heart-wrenching.

48) Walking side by side is a pleasant thing in itself.

49) When I was young, I pretended to know everything. This often got me into trouble and made me look like a fool. I think one of the most useful discoveries I've made in my life is how easy it is to say, "I don't know." I haven't noticed anyone looking down on me because of it. The only inconvenience is that if you reveal that you don't know something, some people will tell you all these things in a long and lengthy manner, and they will never tire of it. But there are a lot of things in this world that I just don’t want to know.

50) I have long discovered that people always laugh when I am most serious. In fact, when I reread the words I originally wrote with sincere feelings after some time, I couldn't help but want to laugh at myself. This must be because there is something ridiculous about sincere feelings, but I can't figure out why it is. Could it be that people are just temporary residents on an insignificant planet, so to the eternal soul, a person is A life of pain and struggle is nothing but a joke. ;