Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMYou can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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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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Most people are such fools that it is really no great compliment to say that someone is above the average.
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Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
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There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.
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You’re intoxicated by the boundless space.
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I don’t think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.
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The trouble is that thinking looks like loafing. Who wants to pay people for daydreaming?
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Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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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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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.
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As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.
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I wish I could make you see how much fuller the life I offer you is than anything you have a conception of.
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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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