W. Somerset Maugham Common Quotations

Have common sense and stick to the point.

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. Failure makes people bitter and cruel.

Common-sense appears to be only another name for the thoughtlessness of the unthinking. It is made of the prejudices of childhood, the idiosyncrasies of individual character and the opinion of the newspapers.

I don't know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God.

A novelist must preserve a childlike belief in the importance of things which common sense considers of no great consequence.

Common sense and nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult.

It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated.

I cannot believe in a God who has neither humor nor common sense.

The passing moment is all we can be sure of; it is only common sense to extract its utmost value from it.