The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves only that you are yourself of small account.
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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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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Men seek but one thing in life — their pleasure.
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But it may be that the way of life that he has chosen for himself and the peculiar strength and sweetness of his character may have an ever-growing influence over his fellow men so that, long after his death perhaps, it may be realized that there lived in this age a very remarkable creature.
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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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As the cosmos are in place, so be it with your life.
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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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Unfortunately sometimes one can’t do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.
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Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art.
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I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which now and then men create out of the chaos. The pictures they paint, the music they compose, the books they write, and the lives they lead.
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You’re intoxicated by the boundless space.
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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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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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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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To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.
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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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