Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil

Explore a curated collection of 23 quotes by W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

How can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realize th — W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil
If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault, not hers. — W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil
I had no illusions about you,' he said. 'I knew you were silly and frivolous and empty-headed. But I loved you. I knew t — W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil
I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty — W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil
One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one's life with her. — W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil
Supposing there is no life everlasting. Think what it means if death is really the end of all things. They've given up a — W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil
Some of us look for the Way in opium and some in God, some of us in whiskey and some in love. It is all the same Way and — W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil
Was it necessary to tell me that you wanted nothing in the world but me?'The corners of his mouth drooped peevishly.Oh, — W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil
I know that you're selfish, selfish beyond words, and I know that you haven't the nerve of a rabbit, I know you're a lia — W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil
I want a girl because I want to bring her up so that she shan't make the mistakes I've made. When I look back upon the g — W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil
She says it's really not very flattering to her that the women who fall in love with her husband are so uncommonly secon — W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil
Perhaps her faults and follies, the unhappiness she had suffered, were not entirely vain if she could follow the path th — W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil
They were talking more distantly than if they were strangers who had just met, for if they had been he would have been i — W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil
How strange was the relation between parents and children! When they were small the parents doted on them, passed throug — W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil
How silly men were! Their part in procreation was so unimportant; it was the woman who carried the child through long mo — W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil
Everything passed, and what trace of its passage remained? It seemed to Kitty that they were all, the human race, like t — W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil
If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself. — W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil
I respect him. He has brains and character; and that, I may tell you, is a very unusual combination. — W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil
It was like making a blunder at a party; there was nothing to do about it, it was dreadfully mortifying, but it showed a — W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil
She’s wonderful. Tell her I’ve never seen such beautiful hands. I wonder what she sees in you.”Waddington, smiling, tran — W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil