W Somerset Maugham wrote the novel "Cakes and Ale – Or, the Skeleton in the Cupboard." He was a British playwright, novelist, and short-story writer who was known for his witty and ironic prose. Maugham's work often explored themes of human nature, morality, and the human condition.
People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.
W. Somerset Maugham – Cakes and Ale
The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
W. Somerset Maugham – Cakes and Ale
Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
W. Somerset Maugham – Cakes and Ale
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 – Cakes and Ale
It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it.
W. Somerset Maugham – Cakes and Ale
There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
W. Somerset Maugham – Cakes and Ale
You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.
W. Somerset Maugham – Cakes and Ale
Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it.
W. Somerset Maugham – Cakes and Ale
At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
W. Somerset Maugham – Cakes and Ale
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
W. Somerset Maugham – Cakes and Ale