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Any society that values wealth above freedom will lose its freedom, and will ultimately lose its wealth as well

W. Somerset Maugham

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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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There are two good things in life – freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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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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The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice
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Impropriety is the soul of wit.
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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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As the cosmos are in place, so be it with your life.
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Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
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I want a girl because I want to bring her up so that she shan’t make the mistakes I’ve made.
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You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct.
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Throw yourself into the hurly-burly of life. It doesn’t matter how many mistakes you make, what unhappiness you have to undergo. It is all your material …
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I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which now and then men create out of the chaos. The pictures they paint, the music they compose, the books they write, and the lives they lead.
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She loved three things – a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.
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My 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.
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The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.
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Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
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Best Mediocre Only

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