W. Somerset Maugham Quotes on People (6 Quotes)
- People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.
(W. Somerset Maugham, "Of Human Bondage")
- Almost all the people who've had the most effect on me I seem to have met by chance, yet looking back it seems as though I couldn't but have met them.
(W. Somerset Maugham, "The Razor's Edge")
- Well, you know when people are no good at anything else they become writers.
(W. Somerset Maugham, "The Razor's Edge")
- People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
(W. Somerset Maugham)
- It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.
(W. Somerset Maugham)
- People who ask for your criticism want only praise.
(W. Somerset Maugham)
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- Of Human Bondage
- The Razor's Edge
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