More quotes by W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage

"I know that I shall die struggling for breath, and I know that I shall be horribly afraid. I know that I shall not be able to keep myself from regretting bitterly the life that has brought me to such a pass; but I disown that regret. I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and I regret nothing."
"I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and I regret nothing."
"Why did you look at the sunset?'Philip answered with his mouth full:Because I was happy."
"He did not care if she was heartless, vicious and vulgar, stupid and grasping, he loved her. He would rather have misery with one than happiness with the other."
"Kant thought things, not because they were true, but because he was Kant."