I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMW. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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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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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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There are two good things in life – freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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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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It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.
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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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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.
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If a man hasn’t what’s necessary to make a woman love him, it’s his fault, not hers.
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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.
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