Quotes by William Somerset Maugham

Novelist and playwright, born sunday january 25, 1874 in Paris (France), died thursday december 16, 1965 in Nice (France)
You can find this author also in Murphy's laws.

Remember that it is nothing to do your duty, that is demanded of you and is no more meritorious than to wash your hands when they are dirty; the only thing that counts is the love of duty; when love and duty are one, then grace is in you and you will enjoy a happiness which passes all understanding.
William Somerset Maugham
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    There was an immeasurable distance between the quick and the dead: they did not seem to belong to the same species; and it was strange to think that but a little while before they had spoken and moved and eaten and laughed.
    William Somerset Maugham
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