We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
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.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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Men seek but one thing in life — their pleasure.
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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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One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one’s life with her.
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It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
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People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
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The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
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You will find as you grow older that the first thing needful to make the world a tolerable place to live in is to recognize the inevitable selfishness of humanity.
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As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.
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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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Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.
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The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither.
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It is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work.
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If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself.
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Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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