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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.

W. Somerset Maugham

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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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It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.
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I am told that today rather more than 60 per cent of the men who go to university go on a Government grant. This is a new class that has entered upon the scene. It is the white-collar proletariat. They do not go to university to acquire culture but to get a job, and when they have got one, scamp it.
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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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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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Men seek but one thing in life — their pleasure.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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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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When you’re eighteen your emotions are violent, but they’re not durable.
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The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.
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You’re intoxicated by the boundless space.
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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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We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.
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I don’t think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.
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I want a girl because I want to bring her up so that she shan’t make the mistakes I’ve made.
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