It must be that there is something naturally absurd in a sincere emotion, though why there should be I cannot imagine, unless it is that man, the ephemeral inhabitant of an insignificant planet, with all his pain and all his striving is but a jest in an eternal mind.


The W. Somerset Maugham Sampler (ed. 1943)

W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

It must be that there is something naturally absurd in a sincere emotion, though why there should be I cannot imagine, unless it is that man, the...

It must be that there is something naturally absurd in a sincere emotion, though why there should be I cannot imagine, unless it is that man, the...

It must be that there is something naturally absurd in a sincere emotion, though why there should be I cannot imagine, unless it is that man, the...

It must be that there is something naturally absurd in a sincere emotion, though why there should be I cannot imagine, unless it is that man, the...