It wasn’t until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, ‘I don’t know.’
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMIt’s no good trying to keep up old friendships. It’s painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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Impropriety is the soul of wit.
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Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.
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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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The tragedy of love is not death or separation. How long do you think it would have been before one or other of them ceased to care?
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People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
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For my part I cannot believe in a God who is angry with me because I do not believe in him. I cannot believe in a God who is less tolerant than I. I cannot believe in a God who has neither humour nor common sense.
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Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art.
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One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one’s life with her.
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Life wouldn’t be worth living if I worried over the future as well as the present. When things are at their worst I find something always happens.
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One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one’s soul.
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A dictator must fool all the people all the time and there’s only one way to do that, he must also fool himself.
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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
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I personally prefer freedom of thought. But in England you get neither: you’re ground down by convention. You can’t think as you like and you can’t act as you like. That’s because it’s a democratic nation. I expect America’s worse.
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The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.
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If a man hasn’t what’s necessary to make a woman love him, it’s his fault, not hers.
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