There is nothing so degrading as the constant anxiety about one’s means of livelihood.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMDon’t wait for experience to come to you; go out after experience. Experience is your material.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.
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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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The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice
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Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.
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The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
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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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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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The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves only that you are yourself of small account.
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When a woman loves you she’s not satisfied until she possesses your soul. Because she’s weak, she has a rage for domination, and nothing less will satisfy her.
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Life isn’t long enough for love and art.
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Throw yourself into the hurly-burly of life. It doesn’t matter how many mistakes you make, what unhappiness you have to undergo. It is all your material …
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She loved three things – a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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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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Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs.
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