It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMMy own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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There’s always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.
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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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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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The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.
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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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We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
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If you don’t change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?
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Impropriety is the soul of wit.
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It’s no use crying over spilt milk, because all of the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.
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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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We must be very humble. We must see the beauty of quietness. We must go through life so inconspicuously that Fate does not notice us. And let us seek the love of simple, ignorant people. Their ignorance is better than all our knowledge.
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You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct.
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For my part I cannot believe in a God who is angry with me because I do not believe in him. I cannot believe in a God who is less tolerant than I. I cannot believe in a God who has neither humour nor common sense.
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She loved three things – a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.
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The trouble is that thinking looks like loafing. Who wants to pay people for daydreaming?
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