You will find as you grow older that the first thing needful to make the world a tolerable place to live in is to recognize the inevitable selfishness of humanity.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMI 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?
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.
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You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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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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We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.
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The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves only that you are yourself of small account.
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Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
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There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.
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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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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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Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.
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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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The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.
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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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I wish I could make you see how exciting the life of the spirit is and how rich in experience. It’s illimitable. It’s such a happy life. There’s only one thing like it, when you’re up in a plane by yourself, high, high, and only infinity surrounds you.
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There are two good things in life – freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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