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It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.

W. Somerset Maugham

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When I look back upon the girl I was I hate myself. But I never had a chance. I’m going to bring up my daughter so that she’s free and can stand on her own feet.
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They call beautiful a dress, a dog, a sermon; and when they are face to face with Beauty cannot recognise it.
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I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
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The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
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The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither.
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It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
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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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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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Impropriety is the soul of wit.
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When you are reconciled to the fact that each is for himself in the world you will ask less from your fellows. They will not disappoint you, and you will look upon them more charitably.
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To recognize it you must repeat the adventure of the artist. It is a melody that he sings to you, and to hear it again in your own heart you want knowledge and sensitiveness and imagination.
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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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It is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work.
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