William Somerset Maugham citations

Source: The Summing Up (1938), p. 285

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 41, p. 142

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 58, p. 213

The Trembling of a Leaf, ch. 4

Source: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 42

The Razor's Edge (1943), p. 283

Source: Cakes and Ale: Or, The Skeleton in the Cupboard (1930), p. 140.<!-- Doubleday Doran & Co. -->
Contexte: Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.

The Razor's Edge (1943)
Contexte: Nothing in the world is permanent, and we're foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we're still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it. If change is of the essence of existence one would have thought it only sensible to make it the premise of our philosophy.

"1901", p. 67
A Writer's Notebook (1946)

Source: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 51
Contexte: You will hear people say that poverty is the best spur to the artist. They have never felt the iron of it in their flesh. They do not know how mean it makes you. It exposes you to endless humiliation, it cuts your wings, it eats into your soul like a cancer. It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank, and independent.

The Razor's Edge (1943)

Source: The Summing Up (1938), p. 306

"The judgement seat", p. 316
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'"The Treasure"
Short Stories

p, 125
The Razor's Edge (1943)

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 44, p. 157

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 1, p. 8

Source: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 70

Source: The Summing Up (1938), p. 182

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 21, p. 80

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 38, p. 129

The Mixture As Before (1940) "The Treasure"
Short Stories

Source: The Summing Up (1938), p. 290

Source: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 45

Source: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 50

Source: Cakes and Ale: Or, The Skeleton in the Cupboard (1930), p. 137

The Circle
Plays

Our Betters (1923)
Plays

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 42, p. 147