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If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.

W. Somerset Maugham

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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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Bad Easier Good Habit One Thing Unfortunate
Each one of us is alone in the world. He is shut in a tower of brass, and can communicate with his fellows only by signs, and the signs have no common value, so that their sense is vague and uncertain.
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Alone Brass Communicate Each Fellow Lower One Only Sign Student World
The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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Ability Quote Serviceable Substitute Visit
You demand unselfishness from others, which is a preposterous claim that they should sacrifice their desires to yours. Why should they?
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Demand Desire Other Preposterous Sacrifice Should Unselfishness
Oh, it’s always the same,’ she sighed, ‘if you want men to behave well to you, you must be beastly to them; if you treat them decently they make you suffer for it.
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Always Beastly Behave Mine Must Same Sighted Want Well
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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Appearance Consider Good Listen Look Only Sentence Sound Weight Word
You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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Action Freedom Good Know Life Thing
The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.
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Fact Great Guarantee Many People Something Truth
If a man hasn’t what’s necessary to make a woman love him, it’s his fault, not hers.
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Fault Her Man Necessary Woman
It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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Beautiful Bed Day Decide Stau Such
A mother only does her children harm if she makes them the only concern of her life.
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Children Concern Harm Life Make Mother
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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Angry Believe God Les Part Than Tolerant
I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.
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Comfortable Conduct Frame Humorous Imagine Mind More Resignation
Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
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Best Desire Often Overcome Satisfy Way
I’ll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell… their heart’s in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ.
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Give Head Opinion Organ Place Right Thoroughly
Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

All Art Beautiful Beauty Perfect Richest Work

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