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There are two good things in life – freedom of thought and freedom of action.

W. Somerset Maugham

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An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
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There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the type that most often writes about himself.
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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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Most people are such fools that it is really no great compliment to say that someone is above the average.
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Of all the hokum with which this country [America] is riddled, the most odd is the common notion that it is free of class distinctions.
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The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves only that you are yourself of small account.
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Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
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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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I personally prefer freedom of thought. But in England you get neither: you’re ground down by convention. You can’t think as you like and you can’t act as you like. That’s because it’s a democratic nation. I expect America’s worse.
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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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Life isn’t long enough for love and art.
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Now the answer … is plain, but it is so unpalatable that most men will not face it. There is no reason for life and life has no meaning.
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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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Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.
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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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