The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMYou can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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Life isn’t long enough for love and art.
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The essential element of love is a belief in its own eternity.
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He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it.
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Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
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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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You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.
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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself.
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Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to.
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The most valuable thing I have learned from life is to regret nothing.
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Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
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Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
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They have no manners and are woefully unable to deal with any social predicament. Their idea of a celebration is to go to a public house and drink six beers. They are mean, malicious and envious . They are scum.
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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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