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I recognize that I am made up of several persons and that the person that at the moment has the upper hand will inevitably give place to another. But which is the real one? All of them or none?

W. Somerset Maugham

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Action Freedom Good Thing Thought Two
The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
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I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.
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Anything Long Made Mind Myself Others Short
The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice
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Clothes Dress Man never Notice
I´m not going to bring a child into the world, and love her, and bring her up, just so that some man may want to sleep with her so much that he’s willing to provide her with board and lodging for the rest of her life.
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Bring Life Lodging Make Man One Possible Rst Sleep Some Thing Willing
To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed to keep them?
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Unfortunately sometimes one can’t do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.
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Cease Great Love Men Perish Tragedy

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