If a man hasn’t what’s necessary to make a woman love him, it’s his fault, not hers.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMWhen I look back upon the girl I was I hate myself. But I never had a chance. I’m going to bring up my daughter so that she’s free and can stand on her own feet.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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When you’re eighteen your emotions are violent, but they’re not durable.
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They call beautiful a dress, a dog, a sermon; and when they are face to face with Beauty cannot recognise it.
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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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It wasn’t until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, ‘I don’t know.’
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If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself.
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Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
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She loved three things – a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.
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There are two good things in life – freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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Life isn’t long enough for love and art.
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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We who are of mature age seldom suspect how unmercifully and yet with what insight the very young judge us.
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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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I’d sooner be smashed into a mangled pulp by a bus when we cross the street than look forward to a life like yours.
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Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
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One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one’s life with her.
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