# Quote — William Somerset Maugham, The Moon And Sixpence

> Conscience is the guardian in the individual of the rules which the community has evolved for its own preservation.

- Author: [William Somerset Maugham](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-somerset-maugham.md)
- Book: [The Moon And Sixpence](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-somerset-maugham/the-moon-and-sixpence.md)
- Page: 54
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-somerset-maugham/the-moon-and-sixpence/conscience-is-the

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> But who can fathom the subtleties of the human heart? Certainly not those who expect from it only decorous sentiments and normal emotions.

p. 154 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-somerset-maugham/the-moon-and-sixpence/but-who-can.md)

> Perhaps some deep-rooted atavism urges the wanderer back to lands which his ancestors left in the dim beginnings of history.

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> Men are always the same. Fear makes them cruel.

p. 204 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-somerset-maugham/the-moon-and-sixpence/men-are-always.md)