W. Somerset Maugham Quotes about Desire

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Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.

Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.

W. Somerset Maugham

Temptation, Desire, Way

Affection is created by habit, community of interests, convenience and the desire of companionship. It is a comfort rather than an exhilaration.

W. Somerset Maugham

Community, Desire, Comfort

W. Somerset Maugham (1954). “Mr. Maugham Himself”

There are directors who desire to be artistic. It is pathetic to compare the seriousness of their aim with the absurdity of their attainment.

W. Somerset Maugham

Desire, Directors, Artistic

I did not believe him capable of love. That is an emotion in which tenderness is an essential part, but Strickland had no tenderness either for himself or for others; there is in love a sense of weakness, a desire to protect, an eagerness to do good and to give pleasure--if not unselfishness, at all events a selfishness which marvellously conceals itself; it has in it a certain diffidence.

W. Somerset Maugham

Believe, Giving, Desire

W. Somerset Maugham (2006). “The Moon and Sixpence”, p.84, Courier Corporation

W. Somerset Maugham Quotes about Desire

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