One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one’s soul.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMThe essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
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Life wouldn’t be worth living if I worried over the future as well as the present. When things are at their worst I find something always happens.
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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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To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.
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The crown of literature is poetry. It is its end and aim. It is the sublimest activity of the human mind. It is the achievement of beauty and delicacy. The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes.
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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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Love is what happens to men and women who don’t know each other.
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We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
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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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Art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand.
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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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You’re intoxicated by the boundless space.
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