You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMThe well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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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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If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
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We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
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When a woman loves you she’s not satisfied until she possesses your soul. Because she’s weak, she has a rage for domination, and nothing less will satisfy her.
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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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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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I wish I could make you see how much fuller the life I offer you is than anything you have a conception of.
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If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.
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It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
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The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
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Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.
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We must be very humble. We must see the beauty of quietness. We must go through life so inconspicuously that Fate does not notice us. And let us seek the love of simple, ignorant people. Their ignorance is better than all our knowledge.
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When you’re eighteen your emotions are violent, but they’re not durable.
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It wasn’t until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, ‘I don’t know.’
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Most people are such fools that it is really no great compliment to say that someone is above the average.
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