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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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It wasn’t until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, ‘I don’t know.’
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I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which now and then men create out of the chaos. The pictures they paint, the music they compose, the books they write, and the lives they lead.
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We who are of mature age seldom suspect how unmercifully and yet with what insight the very young judge us.
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You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct.
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Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art.
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The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither.
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I want a girl because I want to bring her up so that she shan’t make the mistakes I’ve made.
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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 wouldn’t be worth living if I worried over the future as well as the present. When things are at their worst I find something always happens.
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The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
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I am told that today rather more than 60 per cent of the men who go to university go on a Government grant. This is a new class that has entered upon the scene. It is the white-collar proletariat. They do not go to university to acquire culture but to get a job, and when they have got one, scamp it.
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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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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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The essential element of love is a belief in its own eternity.
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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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Of all the hokum with which this country [America] is riddled, the most odd is the common notion that it is free of class distinctions.
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