In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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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When a woman loves you she’s not satisfied until she possesses your soul. Because she’s weak, she has a rage for domination, and nothing less will satisfy her.
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Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.
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Don’t wait for experience to come to you; go out after experience. Experience is your material.
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.
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There’s always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.
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You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.
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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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Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
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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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You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
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One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one’s soul.
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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