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Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.

W. Somerset Maugham

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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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The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.
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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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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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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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As the cosmos are in place, so be it with your life.
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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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If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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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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The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
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If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
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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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Ask Charitablity Disappoint Each Fellow Himself Less More Reconcile

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