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?
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMThey 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.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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We who are of mature age seldom suspect how unmercifully and yet with what insight the very young judge us.
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Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.
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She loved three things – a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.
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The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.
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Unfortunately sometimes one can’t do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.
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As the cosmos are in place, so be it with your life.
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Now it is a funny thing about life. If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. If you utterly decline to make do with what you can get, then somehow or other, you are very likely to get what you want.
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Tolerance is only another name for indifference.
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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Each one of us is alone in the world. He is shut in a tower of brass, and can communicate with his fellows only by signs, and the signs have no common value, so that their sense is vague and uncertain.
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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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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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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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