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What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians.

W. Somerset Maugham

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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.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Everything Life Love Plesant Realize Reasonable Whole You
You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Experience Guidance Learn More Quick Teacher Under
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.
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Beauty Humble Ignorance Inconspicuously Knowledge Love Notice Outness People Simple
Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Character Cruel Failure Improve Make Man People Sucess
We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Defect Friend Know Merit Rather
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.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Chance Continue Happy Love Person Same Year
To recognize it you must repeat the adventure of the artist. It is a melody that he sings to you, and to hear it again in your own heart you want knowledge and sensitiveness and imagination.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Adventure Again Artist Hear Heart Imagination Melody Recognize Repeat Sensitiveness
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.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Ask Charitablity Disappoint Each Fellow Himself Less More Reconcile
I recognize that I am made up of several persons and that the person that at the moment has the upper hand will inevitably give place to another. But which is the real one? All of them or none?
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

All Another Hand Inevitably Made Moment None Person Place Recognize Several Upper
There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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Know Novel Rule Three Unfortunately Write
But it may be that the way of life that he has chosen for himself and the peculiar strength and sweetness of his character may have an ever-growing influence over his fellow men so that, long after his death perhaps, it may be realized that there lived in this age a very remarkable creature.
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Age Character Chosen Creature Death Fellow Grow Influence Live Men Pecualr Perhaps Realize Remarkable Strength Sweetness
Life wouldn’t be worth living if I worried over the future as well as the present. When things are at their worst I find something always happens.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Future Life Live Over Present Worry Worth
As the cosmos are in place, so be it with your life.
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Country Life Place
We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Because Have Want Write
The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Important Love Loved Rather Thing
If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Human Lose Nobody Race Something Soon Speech Spoke Unless Very

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