The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous on the contrary it makes them for the most part humble tolerant and kind.
Quotes By W. Somerset Maugham
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At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well and talk well but...
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It is not wealth one asks for but just enough to preserve one's dignity to...
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In Hollywood the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple...
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Anyone can tell the truth but only very few of us can make epigrams.
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You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're...
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Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature and...
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The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to...
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Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of...
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Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its...
Quotes About Success
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You can take Elvis. You can take Marilyn Monroe. Success and fame will not be...
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It's an awesome responsibility not only to maintain the level of success the...
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Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has...
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The writing of a melody is an emotional moment success doesn't make it easy.
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I think that everything you do helps you to write if you're a writer....
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When making music I sink myself into the process as deeply as I can and...
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I would love to be a guest on a talk show or a panel that shows women who...
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The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented but intellectual...
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Independent films have a very different cachet than success films.