To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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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You’re intoxicated by the boundless space.
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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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The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice
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To recognize it you must repeat the adventure of the artist. It is a melody that he sings to you, and to hear it again in your own heart you want knowledge and sensitiveness and imagination.
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There are times when I look over the various parts of my character with perplexity.
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The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves only that you are yourself of small account.
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The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.
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Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
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Life wouldn’t be worth living if I worried over the future as well as the present. When things are at their worst I find something always happens.
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When I look back upon the girl I was I hate myself. But I never had a chance. I’m going to bring up my daughter so that she’s free and can stand on her own feet.
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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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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one’s dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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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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Most people are such fools that it is really no great compliment to say that someone is above the average.
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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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