We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMIf you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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It is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work.
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.
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As the cosmos are in place, so be it with your life.
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Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.
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Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
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But it may be that the way of life that he has chosen for himself and the peculiar strength and sweetness of his character may have an ever-growing influence over his fellow men so that, long after his death perhaps, it may be realized that there lived in this age a very remarkable creature.
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if you’d ever had a grown-up daughter you’d know that by comparison a bucking steer is easy to manage. And as to knowing what goes on inside her – well, it’s much better to pretend you’re the simple, innocent old fool she almost certainly takes you for.
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If a man hasn’t what’s necessary to make a woman love him, it’s his fault, not hers.
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The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.
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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
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For my part I cannot believe in a God who is angry with me because I do not believe in him. I cannot believe in a God who is less tolerant than I. I cannot believe in a God who has neither humour nor common sense.
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When you’re eighteen your emotions are violent, but they’re not durable.
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Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to.
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