It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMThere are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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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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Unfortunately sometimes one can’t do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.
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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 ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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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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There are two good things in life – freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.
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If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.
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Any society that values wealth above freedom will lose its freedom, and will ultimately lose its wealth as well
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Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
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I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.
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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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Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.
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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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Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
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