Why should you think that beauty, which is the most precious thing in the world, lies like a stone on the beach for the careless passer-by to pick up idly?
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMIt’s no good trying to keep up old friendships. It’s painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.
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How can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realize that to you it was only an episode.
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The essential element of love is a belief in its own eternity.
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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
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To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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There are two good things in life – freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct.
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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.
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Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
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I am told that today rather more than 60 per cent of the men who go to university go on a Government grant. This is a new class that has entered upon the scene. It is the white-collar proletariat. They do not go to university to acquire culture but to get a job, and when they have got one, scamp it.
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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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Don’t wait for experience to come to you; go out after experience. Experience is your material.
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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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The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
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