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The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.

W. Somerset Maugham

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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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If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.
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He is not famous. It may be that he never will be. It may be that when his life at last comes to an end he will leave no more trace of his sojourn on earth than a stone thrown into a river leaves on the surface of the water.
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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
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One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one’s life with her.
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It’s no good trying to keep up old friendships. It’s painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.
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She loved three things – a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.
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Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to.
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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When I was young I was amazed at Plutarch’s statement that the elder Cato began at the age of eighty to learn Greek. I am amazed no longer. Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.
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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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Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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