The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
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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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.
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All the words I use in my stories can be found in the dictionary-it’s just a matter of arranging them into the right sentences.
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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.
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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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What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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I personally prefer freedom of thought. But in England you get neither: you’re ground down by convention. You can’t think as you like and you can’t act as you like. That’s because it’s a democratic nation. I expect America’s worse.
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I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.
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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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You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct.
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Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of the world in the torment of his soul. And when he has made it, it is not given to all to know it.
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I wish I could make you see how much fuller the life I offer you is than anything you have a conception of.
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If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself.
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