If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMThe secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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When a woman loves you she’s not satisfied until she possesses your soul. Because she’s weak, she has a rage for domination, and nothing less will satisfy her.
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You’re intoxicated by the boundless space.
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Oh, it’s always the same,’ she sighed, ‘if you want men to behave well to you, you must be beastly to them; if you treat them decently they make you suffer for it.
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There are two good things in life – freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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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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My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.
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Now the answer … is plain, but it is so unpalatable that most men will not face it. There is no reason for life and life has no meaning.
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It wasn’t until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, ‘I don’t know.’
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We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
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Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
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Impropriety is the soul of wit.
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Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art.
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The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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