Death doesn’t affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn’t concern the dead because they have ceased to exist.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMLife isn’t long enough for love and art.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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You’re intoxicated by the boundless space.
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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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She loved three things – a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.
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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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Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.
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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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If you don’t change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?
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You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you.
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You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.
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Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
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The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
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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 complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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