From the earliest time the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMThere’s always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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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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There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the type that most often writes about himself.
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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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She loved three things – a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.
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Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
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Men seek but one thing in life — their pleasure.
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Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.
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The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.
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An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
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The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
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There are times when I look over the various parts of my character with perplexity.
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Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs.
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If a man hasn’t what’s necessary to make a woman love him, it’s his fault, not hers.
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In France you get freedom of action: you can do what you like and nobody bothers, but you must think like everybody else. In Germany you must do what everybody else does, but you may think as you choose. They’re both very good things.
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