It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMOne can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one’s life with her.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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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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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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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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I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don’t.
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The trouble is that thinking looks like loafing. Who wants to pay people for daydreaming?
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I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.
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One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one’s soul.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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A mother only does her children harm if she makes them the only concern of her life.
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It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.
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Tolerance is only another name for indifference.
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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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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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Unfortunately sometimes one can’t do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.
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It’s no use crying over spilt milk, because all of the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.
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