I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don’t.
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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Don’t wait for experience to come to you; go out after experience. Experience is your material.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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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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Art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand.
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It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.
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I recognize that I am made up of several persons and that the person that at the moment has the upper hand will inevitably give place to another. But which is the real one? All of them or none?
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one’s dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.
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A bird in the hand was worth two in the bush, he told her, to which she retorted that a proverb was the last refuge of the mentally destitute.
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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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Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger.
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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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You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.
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