Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMSometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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We seek pitifully to convey to others the treasures of our heart, but they have not the power to accept them, and so we go lonely, side by side but not together, unable to know our fellows and unknown by them.
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Of all the hokum with which this country [America] is riddled, the most odd is the common notion that it is free of class distinctions.
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Unfortunately sometimes one can’t do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.
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There’s always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.
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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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Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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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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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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For my part I cannot believe in a God who is angry with me because I do not believe in him. I cannot believe in a God who is less tolerant than I. I cannot believe in a God who has neither humour nor common sense.
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The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
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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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We who are of mature age seldom suspect how unmercifully and yet with what insight the very young judge us.
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You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct.
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Love is what happens to men and women who don’t know each other.
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