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.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMNothing 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.
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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The tragedy of love is not death or separation. How long do you think it would have been before one or other of them ceased to care?
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If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn’t matter a damn how you write.
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Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
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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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In France you get freedom of action: you can do what you like and nobody bothers, but you must think like everybody else. In Germany you must do what everybody else does, but you may think as you choose. They’re both very good things.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
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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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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.
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It is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work.
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I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.
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Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
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