As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMFrom the earliest time the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
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She loved three things – a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.
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It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.
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We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.
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Don’t wait for experience to come to you; go out after experience. Experience is your material.
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If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself.
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The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice
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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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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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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.
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There’s always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.
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Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to.
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You’re intoxicated by the boundless space.
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