Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to…

W. Somerset Maugham
360 citations
Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother. ✨ Writer's Notebook (1949) p. 27 (written in 1896)
Love Reading
12

More Author Quotes

You know, when one's in love,' I said, 'and things go all wrong, one's terribly unhappy and one thinks one won't ever get over it. But you'll be astounded to learn what the sea will do.' What do you … ▶
Men seek but one thing in life - their pleasure. ✨ W. Somerset Maugham (2016). Of Human Bondage (Diversion Classics), p.291, Diversion Books
I've always been interested in people, but I've never liked them.
An author spends months writing a book, and maybe puts his heart's blood into it, and then it lies about unread till the reader has nothing else in the world to do.
There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved. ✨ Of Human Bondage ch. 71 (1915)

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother. ✨ Writer's Notebook (1949) p. 27 (written in 1896)

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes