William Somerset Maugham Berühmte Zitate
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.
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
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.“
(en) People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.
Quelle: Der Menschen Hörigkeit, 1917
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.
Quelle: Honolulu. In: Betörende Südsee. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt von Ilse Krämer. Frankfurt/M - Berlin - Wien: Ullstein Verlag. 1985. S. 142
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
“Self-doubt, which is the artist’s bitterest enemy.”
Quelle: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 43, p. 153
“It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it is too late.”
Quelle: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 51
Quoted in Conversations with Willie (1978) by Robin Maugham
"The voice of the turtle", p. 250
Short Stories, Collected short stories 1
"1901", p. 76. Sometimes misquoted as "If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing". Sometimes misattributed to Bertrand Russell or Anatole France
A Writer's Notebook (1946)
“The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes…”
Quelle: Cakes and Ale: Or, The Skeleton in the Cupboard (1930), p. 184
Quelle: Cakes and Ale: Or, The Skeleton in the Cupboard (1930), p. 15
“Men are always the same. Fear makes them cruel.”
Quelle: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 55, p. 204
“Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.”
"1896", p. 17
A Writer's Notebook (1946)
“Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner.”
Quelle: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 53
“You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.”
Quelle: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 23
"The pool", p. 127
Short Stories, Collected short stories 1
“The trouble with our younger authors is that they are all in the sixties.”
As quoted in "Sayings of the Week" in The Observer (14 October 1951)
Quelle: Cakes and Ale: Or, The Skeleton in the Cupboard (1930), p. 14
Quoted in Somerset Maugham (1980) by Ted Morgan
"Sadie Thompson" in Altogether - Rain (1934)