Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMTo bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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You will find as you grow older that the first thing needful to make the world a tolerable place to live in is to recognize the inevitable selfishness of humanity.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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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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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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I´m not going to bring a child into the world, and love her, and bring her up, just so that some man may want to sleep with her so much that he’s willing to provide her with board and lodging for the rest of her life.
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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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There is nothing so degrading as the constant anxiety about one’s means of livelihood.
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As the cosmos are in place, so be it with your life.
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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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There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.
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Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger.
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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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Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
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The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.
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The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.
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