They have no manners and are woefully unable to deal with any social predicament. Their idea of a celebration is to go to a public house and drink six beers. They are mean, malicious and envious . They are scum.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMWe seek pitifully to convey to others the treasures of our heart, but they have not the power to accept them, and so we go lonely, side by side but not together, unable to know our fellows and unknown by them.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one’s dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice
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Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.
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I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which now and then men create out of the chaos. The pictures they paint, the music they compose, the books they write, and the lives they lead.
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You’re intoxicated by the boundless space.
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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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The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.
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You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.
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There’s always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.
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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 important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
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The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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Unfortunately sometimes one can’t do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.
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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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