Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMThe tragedy of love is not death or separation. How long do you think it would have been before one or other of them ceased to care?
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There’s always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.
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From 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.
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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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You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.
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Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs.
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Unfortunately sometimes one can’t do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.
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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
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When you’re eighteen your emotions are violent, but they’re not durable.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.
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The tragedy of love is not death or separation. How long do you think it would have been before one or other of them ceased to care?
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We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.
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The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves only that you are yourself of small account.
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The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
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If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.
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