# Quote — William Somerset Maugham, Cakes And Ale

> ...you know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputation for cynicism.

- Author: [William Somerset Maugham](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-somerset-maugham.md)
- Book: [Cakes And Ale](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-somerset-maugham/cakes-and-ale.md)
- Page: 137
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/W._Somerset_Maugham#Cakes_and_Ale:_Or,_The_Skeleton_in_the_Cupboard_(1930)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-somerset-maugham/cakes-and-ale/you-know-what

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> It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.

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> It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.

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> Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.

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