Tolerance is only another name for indifference.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMIt is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs.
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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.
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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We must be very humble. We must see the beauty of quietness. We must go through life so inconspicuously that Fate does not notice us. And let us seek the love of simple, ignorant people. Their ignorance is better than all our knowledge.
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To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.
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He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it.
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The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.
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They have no manners and are woefully unable to deal with any social predicament. Their idea of a celebration is to go to a public house and drink six beers. They are mean, malicious and envious . They are scum.
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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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Of all the hokum with which this country [America] is riddled, the most odd is the common notion that it is free of class distinctions.
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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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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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If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
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