Unfortunately sometimes one can’t do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMYou know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you.
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There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.
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Oh, it is dreadfully bitter to look at a woman whom you have loved with all your heart and soul, so that you felt you could not bear to let her out of your sight, and realize that you would not mind if you never saw her again. The tragedy of love is indifference.
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The most valuable thing I have learned from life is to regret nothing.
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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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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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I’ll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell… their heart’s in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ.
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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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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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Don’t wait for experience to come to you; go out after experience. Experience is your material.
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You demand unselfishness from others, which is a preposterous claim that they should sacrifice their desires to yours. Why should they?
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A dictator must fool all the people all the time and there’s only one way to do that, he must also fool himself.
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