Maugham

Maugham

Maugham is a surname most commonly associated with the English literary family. The name is a variant of Malham, Malgham, and Malghum. Families with the name originate from the area surrounding Malham and Kirkby Malham.

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Famous quotes containing the word maugham:

    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.
    —W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1966)

    What has influenced my life more than any other single thing has been my stammer. Had I not stammered I would probably ... have gone to Cambridge as my brothers did, perhaps have become a don and every now and then published a dreary book about French literature.
    —W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965)

    I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.
    —W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1966)