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You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.

W. Somerset Maugham

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There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.
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No Nothing Pursuit Talent Terrible Those
He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it.
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Brief Contemptuously Heard Money People Speak Wonder Wonderful
It is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work.
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Acquire Hard Work Knowledge Nuisance Only
The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.
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Book Important Meaning Only Thing You
One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one’s soul.
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Convent Find One Only Peace Pleasure Soul World
The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.
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Almighty Church Fool Harder Make Out
Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.
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Distinction Mark Naturalness Simplicity Truest
If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself.
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Always Despicable Necessary Oneself Other Sometimes
Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to.
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Appearance Consider Good Listen Look Only Sentence Sound Weight Word
They have no manners and are woefully unable to deal with any social predicament. Their idea of a celebration is to go to a public house and drink six beers. They are mean, malicious and envious . They are scum.
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Celebration Drink Envious House Idea Malicious Manner Predicament Six Social Unable
I don’t think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.
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Everlasting Matter Past Present Think
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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Chance Daughter Feel Girl Hate Look Own Stand Upon
The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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Beautiful Essence Unity Variety
There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the type that most often writes about himself.
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Attention Bad Good Man One Play Sort Tormented
From the earliest time the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture.
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Before Discover Earliest Into Nonsense Rub Time Wiser Young
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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Beauty Humble Ignorance Inconspicuously Knowledge Love Notice Outness People Simple

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