The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMYou demand unselfishness from others, which is a preposterous claim that they should sacrifice their desires to yours. Why should they?
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn’t matter a damn how you write.
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Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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I´m not going to bring a child into the world, and love her, and bring her up, just so that some man may want to sleep with her so much that he’s willing to provide her with board and lodging for the rest of her life.
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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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You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.
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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
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Tolerance is only another name for indifference.
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The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither.
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Of all the hokum with which this country [America] is riddled, the most odd is the common notion that it is free of class distinctions.
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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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I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.
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Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
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