The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMI have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which now and then men create out of the chaos. The pictures they paint, the music they compose, the books they write, and the lives they lead.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
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We must be very humble. We must see the beauty of quietness. We must go through life so inconspicuously that Fate does not notice us. And let us seek the love of simple, ignorant people. Their ignorance is better than all our knowledge.
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Unfortunately sometimes one can’t do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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Any society that values wealth above freedom will lose its freedom, and will ultimately lose its wealth as well
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I wish I could make you see how exciting the life of the spirit is and how rich in experience. It’s illimitable. It’s such a happy life. There’s only one thing like it, when you’re up in a plane by yourself, high, high, and only infinity surrounds you.
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To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.
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The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.
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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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To recognize it you must repeat the adventure of the artist. It is a melody that he sings to you, and to hear it again in your own heart you want knowledge and sensitiveness and imagination.
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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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There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.
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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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All the words I use in my stories can be found in the dictionary-it’s just a matter of arranging them into the right sentences.
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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
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