Quotes from bookOf Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage is a 1915 novel by W. Somerset Maugham. It is generally agreed to be his masterpiece and to be strongly autobiographical in nature, although Maugham stated, "This is a novel, not an autobiography; though much in it is autobiographical, more is pure invention." Maugham, who had originally planned to call his novel Beauty from Ashes, finally settled on a title taken from a section of Spinoza's Ethics. The Modern Library ranked Of Human Bondage No. 66 on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
“But when all was said the important thing was to love rather than to be loved.”
W. Somerset Maugham book Of Human Bondage
Source: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 70
“People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.”
W. Somerset Maugham book Of Human Bondage
Source: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 50
“Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.”
W. Somerset Maugham book Of Human Bondage
Source: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 39
“There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.”
W. Somerset Maugham book Of Human Bondage
Source: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 71
“Men seek but one thing in life — their pleasure.”
W. Somerset Maugham book Of Human Bondage
Source: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 45
“It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it is too late.”
W. Somerset Maugham book Of Human Bondage
Source: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 51
“Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner.”
W. Somerset Maugham book Of Human Bondage
Source: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 53
“You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.”
W. Somerset Maugham book Of Human Bondage
Source: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 23
