Any society that values wealth above freedom will lose its freedom, and will ultimately lose its wealth as well
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMLife isn’t long enough for love and art.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger.
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Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to.
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There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the type that most often writes about himself.
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An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
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The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice
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Each one of us is alone in the world. He is shut in a tower of brass, and can communicate with his fellows only by signs, and the signs have no common value, so that their sense is vague and uncertain.
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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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I don’t think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.
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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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The crown of literature is poetry. It is its end and aim. It is the sublimest activity of the human mind. It is the achievement of beauty and delicacy. The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes.
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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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The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
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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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We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.
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The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.
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