What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMTolerance is only another name for indifference.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.
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From the earliest time the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture.
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An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
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The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
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You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct.
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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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The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.
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I am told that today rather more than 60 per cent of the men who go to university go on a Government grant. This is a new class that has entered upon the scene. It is the white-collar proletariat. They do not go to university to acquire culture but to get a job, and when they have got one, scamp it.
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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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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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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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The essential element of love is a belief in its own eternity.
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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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A mother only does her children harm if she makes them the only concern of her life.
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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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