“The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.”

About W. Somerset Maugham

1874 – 1965

English playwright and novelist, author of "Of Human Bondage".

“Old age has its pleasures, which though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.”

“You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.”

“It's no use crying over spilt milk, because all of the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.”

“No man loves life like him that's growing old.”

“No one is so old that he does not think he could live another year.”

“At times it seems to me that I am living my life backwards, and that at the approach of old age my real youth will begin.”

“The young have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitations.”

“You've got to understand life, understand it when you're young.”

“Men of the most brilliant intelligence can be born, live and die in error and falsehood.”