As the cosmos are in place, so be it with your life.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMAs the cosmos are in place, so be it with your life.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.
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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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To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.
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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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It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.
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The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.
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It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.
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Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.
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There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.
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Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.
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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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I recognize that I am made up of several persons and that the person that at the moment has the upper hand will inevitably give place to another. But which is the real one? All of them or none?
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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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