The tragedy of love is not death or separation. How long do you think it would have been before one or other of them ceased to care?
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMThere are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don’t.
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Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
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The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
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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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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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You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you.
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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The trouble is that thinking looks like loafing. Who wants to pay people for daydreaming?
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I don’t think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.
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The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.
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Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.
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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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You’re intoxicated by the boundless space.
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
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