W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

I can deal with imperfection, but I can't deal with people who lie to themselves and lie to the world to make the world feel better.

Men must be honest with themselves before they can be honest with others. A man who is not honest with himself presents a hopeless case.

Above all, don't lie to yourself.

You can't lie to your soul.

You can fool people. You can fool anybody anytime of the day, but you can't fool yourself. At night, when you go home, you've got to be straight up with you.

A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.

I'm not lying to myself like most people.

It's really important to be honest to yourself.

The second you're not honest with yourself, you've lost everything.

I can only live in the world of truth, inasmuch as I'm able to be truthful with myself at any given point, on any given day.

If your not honest with yourself, how the hell are you gonna be honest with me.

The best lies about me are the ones I told.

Above all, do not lie to yourself.

Be honest with yourself. The world is not honest with you. The world loves hypocrisy. When you are honest with yourself you find the road to inner peace.

Man is bound to lie about himself

It's essential to tell the truth at all times. This will reduce life's pain. Lying distorts reality. All forms of distorted thinking must be corrected.

I am expressing myself truthfully. That is an important thing.

You have to be honest about who you are.

My only ambition is to be true every moment I am living.

I don't want to pretend to be a prophet or a saint. I'm very conscious of my limitations. I know my flaws. But I don't like lying.

No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself.

I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.

The truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves.

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.

There's a certain point, when you're writing autobiographical stuff, where you don't want to misrepresent yourself. It would be dishonest.