A mother only does her children harm if she makes them the only concern of her life.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM
In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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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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Men seek but one thing in life — their pleasure.
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In France you get freedom of action: you can do what you like and nobody bothers, but you must think like everybody else. In Germany you must do what everybody else does, but you may think as you choose. They’re both very good things.
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People talk of beauty lightly, and having no feeling for words, they use that one carelessly, so that it loses its force; and the thing it stands for, sharing its name with a hundred trivial objects, is deprived of dignity.
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They have no manners and are woefully unable to deal with any social predicament. Their idea of a celebration is to go to a public house and drink six beers. They are mean, malicious and envious . They are scum.
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Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
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I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.
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You demand unselfishness from others, which is a preposterous claim that they should sacrifice their desires to yours. Why should they?
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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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You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you.
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Now the answer … is plain, but it is so unpalatable that most men will not face it. There is no reason for life and life has no meaning.
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When you are reconciled to the fact that each is for himself in the world you will ask less from your fellows. They will not disappoint you, and you will look upon them more charitably.
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You’re intoxicated by the boundless space.
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We who are of mature age seldom suspect how unmercifully and yet with what insight the very young judge us.
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Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
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