We must be very humble. We must see the beauty of quietness. We must go through life so inconspicuously that Fate does not notice us. And let us seek the love of simple, ignorant people. Their ignorance is better than all our knowledge.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMAn unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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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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Why should you think that beauty, which is the most precious thing in the world, lies like a stone on the beach for the careless passer-by to pick up idly?
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You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct.
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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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It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.
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If you don’t change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?
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The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither.
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If a man hasn’t what’s necessary to make a woman love him, it’s his fault, not hers.
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The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.
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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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How can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realize that to you it was only an episode.
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You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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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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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
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