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Unfortunately sometimes one can’t do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.

W. Somerset Maugham

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When you are reconciled to the fact that each is for himself in the world you will ask less from your fellows. They will not disappoint you, and you will look upon them more charitably.
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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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Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.
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It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.
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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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The essential element of love is a belief in its own eternity.
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The crown of literature is poetry. It is its end and aim. It is the sublimest activity of the human mind. It is the achievement of beauty and delicacy. The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes.
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We must be very humble. We must see the beauty of quietness. We must go through life so inconspicuously that Fate does not notice us. And let us seek the love of simple, ignorant people. Their ignorance is better than all our knowledge.
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Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger.
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Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to.
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The trouble is that thinking looks like loafing. Who wants to pay people for daydreaming?
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She loved three things – a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.
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I’d sooner be smashed into a mangled pulp by a bus when we cross the street than look forward to a life like yours.
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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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