William Somerset Maugham idézet
William Somerset Maugham
Születési dátum: 25. január 1874
Halál dátuma: 16. december 1965
Más nevek: Уильям Сомерсет Моэм
William Somerset Maugham angol regényíró, elbeszélő és drámaíró; munkáit a világos stílus, a változatos helyszínek és az emberi természet alapos ismerete jellemzi.
Idézetek William Somerset Maugham
„Igazat bárki tud írni, de csak kevesen tudunk epigrammákat.“
Idézetek forrás nélkül
„Kritikát kérnek tőled, de dicséretet szeretnének.“
Idézetek forrással
„A pénz értéke abban van, hogy bárkinek megmondhatod, menjen a pokolba.“
Idézetek forrás nélkül
„A regényírásnak három szabálya van. Sajnos senki sem tudja, mik azok.“
Idézetek forrás nélkül
„There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.“
— W. Somerset Maugham, könyv The Summing Up
Forrás: The Summing Up (1938), p. 285
„Don't you know? Because American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers.“
— W. Somerset Maugham, könyv The Razor's Edge
The Razor's Edge (1943)
„We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.“
— W. Somerset Maugham, könyv The Summing Up
Forrás: The Summing Up (1938), p. 306
„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.“
— 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.
„A god that can be understood is not a god.“
— W. Somerset Maugham, könyv The Razor's Edge
The Razor's Edge (1943)
Kontextus: A god that can be understood is not a god. <!-- p. 283
„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 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.
„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.
„Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.“
— W. Somerset Maugham, könyv The Summing Up
Forrás: The Summing Up (1938), p. 223
„…the future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.“
— W. Somerset Maugham, könyv The Summing Up
Forrás: The Summing Up (1938), p. 51
