You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMOnly a mediocre person is always at his best.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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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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Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
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You demand unselfishness from others, which is a preposterous claim that they should sacrifice their desires to yours. Why should they?
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I wish I could make you see how much fuller the life I offer you is than anything you have a conception of.
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The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.
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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.
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The essential element of love is a belief in its own eternity.
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You’re intoxicated by the boundless space.
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There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.
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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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Death doesn’t affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn’t concern the dead because they have ceased to exist.
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An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
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Impropriety is the soul of wit.
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