Pu Zhang

“Beauty is also a Gift of God, one of the most rare and precious, and we should be thankful if we are happy enough to possess it and thankful, if we are not, that others possess it for our pleasure.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil

“If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil

“One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one's soul.”
― William Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil

“Women are often under the impression that men are much more madly in love with them than they really are.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil