It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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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There is nothing so degrading as the constant anxiety about one’s means of livelihood.
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Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
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What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed to keep them?
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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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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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Men seek but one thing in life — their pleasure.
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We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
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If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn’t matter a damn how you write.
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For my part I cannot believe in a God who is angry with me because I do not believe in him. I cannot believe in a God who is less tolerant than I. I cannot believe in a God who has neither humour nor common sense.
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I’ll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell… their heart’s in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ.
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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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I recognize that I am made up of several persons and that the person that at the moment has the upper hand will inevitably give place to another. But which is the real one? All of them or none?
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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All the words I use in my stories can be found in the dictionary-it’s just a matter of arranging them into the right sentences.
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