Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.

—W. Somerset Maugham

About W. Somerset Maugham

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William Somerset Maugham ( MAWM; 25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) was an English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories.

More quotations from W. Somerset Maugham

D'you call life a bad job? Never! We've had our ups and downs, we've had our struggles, we've always been poor, but it's been worth it, ay, worth it a hundred times I say when I look round at my children.

—W. Somerset Maugham

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.

—W. Somerset Maugham

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

—W. Somerset Maugham

Men seek but one thing in life—their pleasure.

—W. Somerset Maugham

An author spends months writing a book, and maybe puts his heart's blood into it, and then it lies about unread till the reader has nothing else in the world to do.

—W. Somerset Maugham

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