Maugham is an English novelist and playwright. Representative works include "The Moon and Sixpence" and "The Shackles of Life".
In his works, the protagonist's mouth often comes up with some wonderful sentences, which are either wise or a little mournful, but they are all truths of life worth savoring.
Some say that Maugham's writings are "lonely with a light, and a sharp knife hidden in the bread."
Today we will learn a thing or two from Maugham's few words.
The ground was full of sixpence, but he looked up and saw the moon.
Applicable topic: ideal and reality
We must always keep old memories and new hopes.
Applicable topics: memory, hope
The greatest tragedy of life is not the demise of the flesh, but the cessation of love.
Applicable topics: fraternity, charity
A person who is discouraged once he is hit is always a loser.
Applicable topics: frustration, strength
It is much easier to change good habits than to get rid of bad habits, which is a great sadness of life.
Applicable topics: habits, self-discipline
Self-esteem is a virtue and the driving force behind a person's continual upward mobility.
Applicable topic: Self-esteem
Man is not single or good or bad, everyone is a mixture of noble and ordinary, good and evil.
Applicable topics: human nature, good and evil
Fantasy can be the basis of originality.
Applicable topics: imagination, innovation
I believe that in a plague, no fewer people die of fear than of disease.
Applicable topics: mentality, rationality
Perfection has a serious flaw, which is that it is easy to be boring.
Applicable topic: perfection and regret
What you have to overcome is your vanity, your desire to show off, and what you have to deal with is the little cleverness that you want to rush out of the moment and want to make a splash.
Applicable topic: vanity, steadfastness
In order to make the soul peaceful, a person has to do two things every day that he does not like.
Applicable topics: patience, persistence
The only thing that is precious is the love of responsibility, and when love and responsibility become one, you will be sublime.
Applicable topic: Responsibility and responsibility
I believe that the highest ideal that a person can pursue is self-improvement.
Applicable topic: Improve yourself
To succumb to happiness is perhaps to admit defeat, but this defeat is much more meaningful than a thousand victories.
Applicable topic: Happiness and failure
Genius should have unlimited hard-working ability. The most important thing is to persevere in doing it.
Applicable topic: persistence, hard work
Developing the habit of reading is tantamount to building a refuge for yourself, and you can avoid almost all the disasters in your life.
Applicable topic: reading, thinking
Maugham is one of the "most storytellers". He used blade-like words to cut through our hearts.
Young people, anxious between ideals and reality, see themselves in Maugham's novels.
If you're interested, read his novel. Maybe there will be a different experience