Art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMWhen 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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What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians.
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Death doesn’t affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn’t concern the dead because they have ceased to exist.
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It’s no use crying over spilt milk, because all of the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.
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We must be very humble. We must see the beauty of quietness. We must go through life so inconspicuously that Fate does not notice us. And let us seek the love of simple, ignorant people. Their ignorance is better than all our knowledge.
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I don’t think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.
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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
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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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The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither.
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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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Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
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Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger.
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