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If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

W. Somerset Maugham

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It’s no use crying over spilt milk, because all of the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.
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Bent Cry Force Milk Over Spill Spilt Universe Use
The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
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Important Love Loved Rather Thing
The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice
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What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians.
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Come Democracy Down Invent Persuasive Politician Power Seek Self Slogan
I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don’t.
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Always Difficult Mean More Say Thing
Don’t wait for experience to come to you; go out after experience. Experience is your material.
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After Come Experience Material Wait You
You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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Action Freedom Good Know Life Thing
I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which now and then men create out of the chaos. The pictures they paint, the music they compose, the books they write, and the lives they lead.
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Beauty Compose Disgust Idea Live Make Men Only Picture Possible Regard Thing World
It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.
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Angry Dangerous Easily Illusion Public Scene
If a man hasn’t what’s necessary to make a woman love him, it’s his fault, not hers.
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Fault Her Man Necessary Woman
In France you get freedom of action: you can do what you like and nobody bothers, but you must think like everybody else. In Germany you must do what everybody else does, but you may think as you choose. They’re both very good things.
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Action Both Bother Choose Country Else Everybody Freedom Good May Nobody Thing
Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
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Achieve Constitution Dirty Love Paly Species Trick
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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Get Her Life Love Much Nery One Rest Spend Wish Woman
The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
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Age Complete Include Maturity Old Pattern Perfect Young
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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Bring Life Lodging Make Man One Possible Rst Sleep Some Thing Willing
Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.
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Chance Conduct Control Improvisation Largely Life Perpetual

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