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.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMDon’t wait for experience to come to you; go out after experience. Experience is your material.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
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The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice
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There is nothing so degrading as the constant anxiety about one’s means of livelihood.
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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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You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you.
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Love is what happens to men and women who don’t know each other.
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The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.
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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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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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Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.
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It is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work.
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I wish I could make you see how much fuller the life I offer you is than anything you have a conception of.
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They call beautiful a dress, a dog, a sermon; and when they are face to face with Beauty cannot recognise it.
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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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Men seek but one thing in life — their pleasure.
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