W. Somerset Maugham Quotes about Time

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I don't think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.

I don't think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.

W. Somerset Maugham

Time, Past, Thinking

W. Somerset Maugham (2012). “The Moon and Sixpence”, p.59, Courier Corporation

What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.

W. Somerset Maugham

Time, Memories, Age

Points of View Ch. 1

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

Life, Friendship, Time

W. Somerset Maugham (1930). “Cakes and Ale”

When I was young I was amazed at Plutarch's statement that the elder Cato began at the age of eighty to learn Greek. I am amazed no longer. Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.

W. Somerset Maugham

Time, Learning, Long

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