Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.
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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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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A mother only does her children harm if she makes them the only concern of her life.
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Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger.
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What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed to keep them?
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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 can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.
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Each one of us is alone in the world. He is shut in a tower of brass, and can communicate with his fellows only by signs, and the signs have no common value, so that their sense is vague and uncertain.
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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
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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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Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
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The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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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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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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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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