If a man hasn’t what’s necessary to make a woman love him, it’s his fault, not hers.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMWe 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.
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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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.
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The most valuable thing I have learned from life is to regret nothing.
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Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.
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The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves only that you are yourself of small account.
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As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.
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The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.
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How can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realize that to you it was only an episode.
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You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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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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There are two good things in life – freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one’s dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.
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