The mystic sees the ineffable, and the psychopathologist the unspeakable.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMShe loved three things – a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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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 personally prefer freedom of thought. But in England you get neither: you’re ground down by convention. You can’t think as you like and you can’t act as you like. That’s because it’s a democratic nation. I expect America’s worse.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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There’s always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.
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It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.
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There are times when I look over the various parts of my character with perplexity.
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The essential element of love is a belief in its own eternity.
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if you’d ever had a grown-up daughter you’d know that by comparison a bucking steer is easy to manage. And as to knowing what goes on inside her – well, it’s much better to pretend you’re the simple, innocent old fool she almost certainly takes you for.
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To recognize it you must repeat the adventure of the artist. It is a melody that he sings to you, and to hear it again in your own heart you want knowledge and sensitiveness and imagination.
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Men seek but one thing in life — their pleasure.
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I’d sooner be smashed into a mangled pulp by a bus when we cross the street than look forward to a life like yours.
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When a woman loves you she’s not satisfied until she possesses your soul. Because she’s weak, she has a rage for domination, and nothing less will satisfy her.
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There are two good things in life – freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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