Life isn’t long enough for love and art.
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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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
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One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one’s life with her.
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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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Art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand.
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Why should you think that beauty, which is the most precious thing in the world, lies like a stone on the beach for the careless passer-by to pick up idly?
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There is nothing so degrading as the constant anxiety about one’s means of livelihood.
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There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.
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I want a girl because I want to bring her up so that she shan’t make the mistakes I’ve made.
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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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As the cosmos are in place, so be it with your life.
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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Impropriety is the soul of wit.
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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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Tolerance is only another name for indifference.
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