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Der Menschen Hörigkeit
William Somerset Maugham
Der bunte Schleier
William Somerset MaughamDer Menschen Hörigkeit
William Somerset MaughamDer bunte Schleier
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William Somerset Maugham buch Der bunte Schleier
Original: (en) Most people, as far as I can see, when they're in love with someone and the love isn't returned feel that they have a grievance. They grow angry and bitter. <br class="br">Quelle: Der bunte Schleier. (Orig.: The painted veil.) Aus dem Englischen übersetzt von Anna Keller. Berlin: Verlag Volk und Welt. 1. Auflage, 1978. S. 68 <br class="br">Quelle: The Painted Veil. Chap. XXIII gutenberg.ca https://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/maughamws-paintedveil/maughamws-paintedveil-00-h.html
„Die Leute bitten um Kritik, aber sie wollen nur gelobt werden.“
William Somerset Maugham buch Der Menschen Hörigkeit
(en) People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise. <br class="br">Quelle: Der Menschen Hörigkeit, 1917 <br class="br">Quelle: Of Human Bondage. Chap. L gutenberg.org https://www.gutenberg.org/files/351/351-h/351-h.htm
„Der kluge Mann reist nur in Gedanken.“
Original: (en) The wise man travels only in imagination. <br class="br">Quelle: Honolulu. In: Betörende Südsee. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt von Ilse Krämer. Frankfurt/M - Berlin - Wien: Ullstein Verlag. 1985. S. 142 <br class="br">Quelle: Honolulu. In: The Trembling of a Leaf – Little Stories of the South Sea Islands. Cap. III gutenberg.org https://www.gutenberg.org/files/26854/26854-h/26854-h.htm
William Somerset Maugham: Zitate auf Englisch
“Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.”
W. Somerset Maugham buch The Summing Up
Quelle: The Summing Up (1938), p. 310
W. Somerset Maugham buch The Summing Up
Quelle: The Summing Up (1938), p. 285
W. Somerset Maugham buch The Moon and Sixpence
Quelle: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 41, p. 142
W. Somerset Maugham buch The Moon and Sixpence
Quelle: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 58, p. 213
“The tragedy of love is indifference.”
The Trembling of a Leaf, ch. 4
W. Somerset Maugham buch Der Menschen Hörigkeit
Quelle: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 42
“A god that can be understood is not a god.”
W. Somerset Maugham buch The Razor's Edge
The Razor's Edge (1943), p. 283
“Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it.”
Quelle: Cakes and Ale: Or, The Skeleton in the Cupboard (1930), p. 140.<!-- Doubleday Doran & Co. -->
Kontext: Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.
W. Somerset Maugham buch The Razor's Edge
The Razor's Edge (1943)
Kontext: Nothing in the world is permanent, and we're foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we're still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it. If change is of the essence of existence one would have thought it only sensible to make it the premise of our philosophy.
“What mean and cruel things men can do for the love of God.”
"1901", p. 67
A Writer's Notebook (1946)
W. Somerset Maugham buch Der Menschen Hörigkeit
Quelle: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 51
Kontext: You will hear people say that poverty is the best spur to the artist. They have never felt the iron of it in their flesh. They do not know how mean it makes you. It exposes you to endless humiliation, it cuts your wings, it eats into your soul like a cancer. It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank, and independent.
W. Somerset Maugham buch The Summing Up
Quelle: The Summing Up (1938), p. 306
"The judgement seat", p. 316
Short Stories, Collected short stories 1
“Women are always glad to listen when you discourse upon love…”
W. Somerset Maugham buch The Razor's Edge
p, 125
The Razor's Edge (1943)
W. Somerset Maugham buch The Moon and Sixpence
Quelle: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 44, p. 157
W. Somerset Maugham buch The Moon and Sixpence
Quelle: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 1, p. 8
“But when all was said the important thing was to love rather than to be loved.”
W. Somerset Maugham buch Der Menschen Hörigkeit
Quelle: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 70
W. Somerset Maugham buch The Summing Up
Quelle: The Summing Up (1938), p. 182
“Life isn't long enough for love and art.”
W. Somerset Maugham buch The Moon and Sixpence
Quelle: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 21, p. 80
“We must go through life so inconspicuously that Fate does not notice us.”
W. Somerset Maugham buch The Moon and Sixpence
Quelle: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 38, p. 129
The Mixture As Before (1940) "The Treasure"
Short Stories
“Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.”
W. Somerset Maugham buch The Summing Up
Quelle: The Summing Up (1938), p. 290
W. Somerset Maugham buch Der Menschen Hörigkeit
Quelle: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 45
“People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.”
W. Somerset Maugham buch Der Menschen Hörigkeit
Quelle: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 50
Quelle: Cakes and Ale: Or, The Skeleton in the Cupboard (1930), p. 137
W. Somerset Maugham buch The Moon and Sixpence
Quelle: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 42, p. 147
