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He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it.

W. Somerset Maugham

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He is not famous. It may be that he never will be. It may be that when his life at last comes to an end he will leave no more trace of his sojourn on earth than a stone thrown into a river leaves on the surface of the water.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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There’s always one who loves and one who lets himself 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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There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.
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The essential element of love is a belief in its own eternity.
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I am told that today rather more than 60 per cent of the men who go to university go on a Government grant. This is a new class that has entered upon the scene. It is the white-collar proletariat. They do not go to university to acquire culture but to get a job, and when they have got one, scamp it.
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I wish I could make you see how exciting the life of the spirit is and how rich in experience. It’s illimitable. It’s such a happy life. There’s only one thing like it, when you’re up in a plane by yourself, high, high, and only infinity surrounds you.
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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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We who are of mature age seldom suspect how unmercifully and yet with what insight the very young judge us.
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Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
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Death doesn’t affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn’t concern the dead because they have ceased to exist.
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We 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.
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The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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