You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMWe who are of mature age seldom suspect how unmercifully and yet with what insight the very young judge us.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one’s dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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Love is what happens to men and women who don’t know each other.
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Tolerance is only another name for indifference.
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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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People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
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The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.
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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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Men seek but one thing in life — their pleasure.
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Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
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I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which now and then men create out of the chaos. The pictures they paint, the music they compose, the books they write, and the lives they lead.
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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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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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