You will find as you grow older that the first thing needful to make the world a tolerable place to live in is to recognize the inevitable selfishness of humanity.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMAll the words I use in my stories can be found in the dictionary-it’s just a matter of arranging them into the right sentences.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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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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Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
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As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.
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An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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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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I’ll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell… their heart’s in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ.
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I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don’t.
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For my part I cannot believe in a God who is angry with me because I do not believe in him. I cannot believe in a God who is less tolerant than I. I cannot believe in a God who has neither humour nor common sense.
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It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
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One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one’s soul.
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The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.
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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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Art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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