The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMWe do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don’t.
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There’s always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.
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Now it is a funny thing about life. If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. If you utterly decline to make do with what you can get, then somehow or other, you are very likely to get what you want.
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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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Oh, it is dreadfully bitter to look at a woman whom you have loved with all your heart and soul, so that you felt you could not bear to let her out of your sight, and realize that you would not mind if you never saw her again. The tragedy of love is indifference.
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What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians.
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Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
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I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.
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If you don’t change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?
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The tragedy of love is not death or separation. How long do you think it would have been before one or other of them ceased to care?
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There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.
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The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.
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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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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.
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They have no manners and are woefully unable to deal with any social predicament. Their idea of a celebration is to go to a public house and drink six beers. They are mean, malicious and envious . They are scum.
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