We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.
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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You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you.
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We must be very humble. We must see the beauty of quietness. We must go through life so inconspicuously that Fate does not notice us. And let us seek the love of simple, ignorant people. Their ignorance is better than all our knowledge.
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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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If you don’t change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?
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Men seek but one thing in life — their pleasure.
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You’re intoxicated by the boundless space.
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When I look back upon the girl I was I hate myself. But I never had a chance. I’m going to bring up my daughter so that she’s free and can stand on her own feet.
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.
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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 use crying over spilt milk, because all of the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.
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I´m not going to bring a child into the world, and love her, and bring her up, just so that some man may want to sleep with her so much that he’s willing to provide her with board and lodging for the rest of her life.
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Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
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In France you get freedom of action: you can do what you like and nobody bothers, but you must think like everybody else. In Germany you must do what everybody else does, but you may think as you choose. They’re both very good things.
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