William Somerset Maugham híres idézetei
William Somerset Maugham idézetek
William Somerset Maugham: Idézetek angolul
“Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.”
W. Somerset Maugham könyv The Summing Up
Forrás: The Summing Up (1938), p. 310
W. Somerset Maugham könyv The Summing Up
Forrás: The Summing Up (1938), p. 285
W. Somerset Maugham könyv The Moon and Sixpence
Forrás: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 41, p. 142
W. Somerset Maugham könyv The Moon and Sixpence
Forrás: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 58, p. 213
“The tragedy of love is indifference.”
The Trembling of a Leaf, ch. 4
W. Somerset Maugham könyv Of Human Bondage
Forrás: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 42
“A god that can be understood is not a god.”
W. Somerset Maugham könyv The Razor's Edge
The Razor's Edge (1943), p. 283
“Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it.”
Forrás: Cakes and Ale: Or, The Skeleton in the Cupboard (1930), p. 140.<!-- Doubleday Doran & Co. -->
Kontextus: 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.
W. Somerset Maugham könyv The Razor's Edge
The Razor's Edge (1943)
Kontextus: 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.
“What mean and cruel things men can do for the love of God.”
"1901", p. 67
A Writer's Notebook (1946)
W. Somerset Maugham könyv Of Human Bondage
Forrás: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 51
Kontextus: 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.
W. Somerset Maugham könyv The Summing Up
Forrás: The Summing Up (1938), p. 306
"The judgement seat", p. 316
Short Stories, Collected short stories 1
“Women are always glad to listen when you discourse upon love…”
W. Somerset Maugham könyv The Razor's Edge
p, 125
The Razor's Edge (1943)
W. Somerset Maugham könyv The Moon and Sixpence
Forrás: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 44, p. 157
W. Somerset Maugham könyv The Moon and Sixpence
Forrás: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 1, p. 8
“But when all was said the important thing was to love rather than to be loved.”
W. Somerset Maugham könyv Of Human Bondage
Forrás: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 70
W. Somerset Maugham könyv The Summing Up
Forrás: The Summing Up (1938), p. 182
“Life isn't long enough for love and art.”
W. Somerset Maugham könyv The Moon and Sixpence
Forrás: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 21, p. 80
“We must go through life so inconspicuously that Fate does not notice us.”
W. Somerset Maugham könyv The Moon and Sixpence
Forrás: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 38, p. 129
The Mixture As Before (1940) "The Treasure"
Short Stories
“Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.”
W. Somerset Maugham könyv The Summing Up
Forrás: The Summing Up (1938), p. 290
W. Somerset Maugham könyv Of Human Bondage
Forrás: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 45
“People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.”
W. Somerset Maugham könyv Of Human Bondage
Forrás: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 50
Forrás: Cakes and Ale: Or, The Skeleton in the Cupboard (1930), p. 137
W. Somerset Maugham könyv The Moon and Sixpence
Forrás: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 42, p. 147