The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMIt’s no use crying over spilt milk, because all of the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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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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Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
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You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you.
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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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Life isn’t long enough for love and art.
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The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice
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Impropriety is the soul of wit.
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We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.
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I´m not going to bring a child into the world, and love her, and bring her up, just so that some man may want to sleep with her so much that he’s willing to provide her with board and lodging for the rest of her life.
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Don’t wait for experience to come to you; go out after experience. Experience is your material.
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
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If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
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There is nothing so degrading as the constant anxiety about one’s means of livelihood.
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What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one’s faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one’s memories.
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