Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of the world in the torment of his soul.Narrator
It is a terrible thing to be a man, and there is no comfort but in human kindness.Capt. Nichols
Because he did not love her he was able to use her brutally, as he used everybody who came into his life.Narrator
It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.William Somerset Maugham
At present I ask for nothing but quiet, a shady place to lie in, and two meals a day.Charles Strickland
If a man is not afraid of death, all life's danger means nothing to him.Narrator
One can be a perfect gentleman, and yet be quite unreliable.William Somerset Maugham
It may be that to surrender to happiness is to accept defeat, but it is a defeat better than many victories.Narrator
I have an idea that some men are born out of their due place.Narrator
It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.William Somerset Maugham
We seek pitifully to convey to others the treasures of our heart, but they have not the power to accept them.Narrator
It is not difficult to be unconventional in the eyes of the world when one's unconventionality is but the convention of another world, and even difficult to be unconventional when one's unconventionality is the convention of one's peers.Narrator
The proper line of conduct is to seem unaware of the person's existence.William Somerset Maugham
There is no cruelty greater than a woman's to a man who loves her and whom she does not love; she has no kindness then, no tolerance even, she has only an insane irritation.Narrator
What we have best to do is to get rid of those moral principles that oppose our doing what we like.Charles Strickland