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.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMIf nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.
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Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.
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Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.
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Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art.
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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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Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.
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People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
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She loved three things – a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.
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Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.
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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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The beauty of the morning and the radiance of noon are good, but it would be a very silly person who drew the curtains and turned on the light in order to shut out the tranquillity of the evening. Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.
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The most valuable thing I have learned from life is to regret nothing.
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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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We who are of mature age seldom suspect how unmercifully and yet with what insight the very young judge us.
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