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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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Each one of us is alone in the world. He is shut in a tower of brass, and can communicate with his fellows only by signs, and the signs have no common value, so that their sense is vague and uncertain.
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He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it.
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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.
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But it may be that the way of life that he has chosen for himself and the peculiar strength and sweetness of his character may have an ever-growing influence over his fellow men so that, long after his death perhaps, it may be realized that there lived in this age a very remarkable creature.
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The tragedy of love is not death or separation. How long do you think it would have been before one or other of them ceased to care?
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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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Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
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There’s always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.
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It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
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When you’re eighteen your emotions are violent, but they’re not durable.
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Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.
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Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.
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I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don’t.
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Unfortunately sometimes one can’t do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.
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There is nothing so degrading as the constant anxiety about one’s means of livelihood.
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