W. Somerset Maugham Quotes:
Ocupation: Playwright
Life: January 25, 1874 - December 16, 1965
Birthday: January 25
Death: December 16
It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it; but the young know they are wretched for they are full of the truthless ideals which have been instilled in them, and each time they come into contact with the real, they are bruised and wounded.
source: W. Somerset Maugham (2013). “The Essential W. Somerset Maugham Collection”, p.1614, eBookIt.com
topic: Truth, Real, Youth, Lost Youth, Bruised, Human Bondage
