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I 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.

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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Art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand.
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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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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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Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
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It wasn’t until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, ‘I don’t know.’
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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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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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It’s no use crying over spilt milk, because all of the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.
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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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It is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work.
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You will find as you grow older that the first thing needful to make the world a tolerable place to live in is to recognize the inevitable selfishness of humanity.
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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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When I look back upon the girl I was I hate myself. But I never had a chance. I’m going to bring up my daughter so that she’s free and can stand on her own feet.
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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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