Tolerance is only another name for indifference.
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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If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
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Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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Each one of us is alone in the world. He is shut in a tower of brass, and can communicate with his fellows only by signs, and the signs have no common value, so that their sense is vague and uncertain.
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People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
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Oh, it is dreadfully bitter to look at a woman whom you have loved with all your heart and soul, so that you felt you could not bear to let her out of your sight, and realize that you would not mind if you never saw her again. The tragedy of love is indifference.
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You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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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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Death doesn’t affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn’t concern the dead because they have ceased to exist.
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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
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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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Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
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Now it is a funny thing about life. If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. If you utterly decline to make do with what you can get, then somehow or other, you are very likely to get what you want.
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