# Quote — William Somerset Maugham, The Moon And Sixpence

> One of the falsest of proverbs is that you must lie on the bed that you have made. The experience of life shows that people are constantly doing things which must lead to disaster, and yet by some chance manage to evade the result of their folly.

- 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: 119
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/W._Somerset_Maugham#The_Moon_and_Sixpence_(1919)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-somerset-maugham/the-moon-and-sixpence/one-of-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.

p. 1 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-somerset-maugham/the-moon-and-sixpence/perhaps-some-deep-rooted.md)

> 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)