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The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.

W. Somerset Maugham

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Why should you think that beauty, which is the most precious thing in the world, lies like a stone on the beach for the careless passer-by to pick up idly?
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Beauty Careless Ebach Lie Like Mood Precious Should Stone Thing Think World
My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.
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Anyone Belief Broadcast Hardly Horror Large Life Own Sexual Surprise World
Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
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Achieve Constitution Dirty Love Paly Species Trick
The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.
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Almighty Church Fool Harder Make Out
He is not famous. It may be that he never will be. It may be that when his life at last comes to an end he will leave no more trace of his sojourn on earth than a stone thrown into a river leaves on the surface of the water.
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Come Earth End Famous Leave Life May More never River Sojourn Stone Surface Water Trace
Oh, it is dreadfully bitter to look at a woman whom you have loved with all your heart and soul, so that you felt you could not bear to let her out of your sight, and realize that you would not mind if you never saw her again. The tragedy of love is indifference.
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If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
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Become First Foolish Million One People Thing Wise
Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art.
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All Art Beautiful Beauty Perfect Richest Work
If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself.
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Always Despicable Necessary Oneself Other Sometimes
I’ll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell… their heart’s in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ.
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Give Head Opinion Organ Place Right Thoroughly
It’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.
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Both Face Fact Friendship Good Grow Keep Old Only Painful People Side Thing
The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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A mother only does her children harm if she makes them the only concern of her life.
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Children Concern Harm Life Make Mother
Tolerance is only another name for indifference.
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Another Indifference Name Only Tolerance
He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it.
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Brief Contemptuously Heard Money People Speak Wonder Wonderful
You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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Action Freedom Good Know Life Thing

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