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Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art.

W. Somerset Maugham

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If a man hasn’t what’s necessary to make a woman love him, it’s his fault, not hers.
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As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.
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Difference Long Love Men Time Women
People talk of beauty lightly, and having no feeling for words, they use that one carelessly, so that it loses its force; and the thing it stands for, sharing its name with a hundred trivial objects, is deprived of dignity.
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You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct.
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Adultery Committed Country Course Extinct Know People Person Tasmanian
If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.
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Human Lose Nobody Race Something Soon Speech Spoke Unless Very
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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Adventure Again Artist Hear Heart Imagination Melody Recognize Repeat Sensitiveness
The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.
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There are times when I look over the various parts of my character with perplexity.
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We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
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Because Have Want Write
When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.
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Oh, it’s always the same,’ she sighed, ‘if you want men to behave well to you, you must be beastly to them; if you treat them decently they make you suffer for it.
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Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.
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You demand unselfishness from others, which is a preposterous claim that they should sacrifice their desires to yours. Why should they?
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Demand Desire Other Preposterous Sacrifice Should Unselfishness
Most people are such fools that it is really no great compliment to say that someone is above the average.
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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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