Famous quotes containing the words viscount and/or maugham:
“A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man.”
—William Lamb Melbourne, 2nd Viscount (1779–1848)
“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 cruel and bitter.”
—W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965)