Impropriety is the soul of wit.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMTo acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the type that most often writes about himself.
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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
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The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice
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All 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.
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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
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The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.
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The mystic sees the ineffable, and the psychopathologist the unspeakable.
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When you are reconciled to the fact that each is for himself in the world you will ask less from your fellows. They will not disappoint you, and you will look upon them more charitably.
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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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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
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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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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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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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