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.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMA mother only does her children harm if she makes them the only concern of her life.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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You’re intoxicated by the boundless space.
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The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.
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If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
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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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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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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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We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.
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You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you.
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I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.
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You will find as you grow older that the first thing needful to make the world a tolerable place to live in is to recognize the inevitable selfishness of humanity.
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There is nothing so degrading as the constant anxiety about one’s means of livelihood.
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Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
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A dictator must fool all the people all the time and there’s only one way to do that, he must also fool himself.
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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
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When I look back upon the girl I was I hate myself. But I never had a chance. I’m going to bring up my daughter so that she’s free and can stand on her own feet.
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