W. Somerset Maugham

It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their highest perfection. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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The crown of literature is poetry. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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The writer is more concerned to know than to judge. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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