Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMSometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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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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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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Unfortunately sometimes one can’t do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.
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You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.
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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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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one’s life with her.
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The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
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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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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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If a man hasn’t what’s necessary to make a woman love him, it’s his fault, not hers.
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You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct.
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The beauty of the morning and the radiance of noon are good, but it would be a very silly person who drew the curtains and turned on the light in order to shut out the tranquillity of the evening. Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.
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She loved three things – a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.
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