You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMThere 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.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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Art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand.
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When you’re eighteen your emotions are violent, but they’re not durable.
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Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
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The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.
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The essential element of love is a belief in its own eternity.
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If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself.
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Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs.
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When a woman loves you she’s not satisfied until she possesses your soul. Because she’s weak, she has a rage for domination, and nothing less will satisfy her.
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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It wasn’t until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, ‘I don’t know.’
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What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one’s faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one’s memories.
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art.
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Impropriety is the soul of wit.
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I wish I could make you see how much fuller the life I offer you is than anything you have a conception of.
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