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 MAUGHAMIt was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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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.
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If you don’t change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?
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The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
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I don’t think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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The crown of literature is poetry. It is its end and aim. It is the sublimest activity of the human mind. It is the achievement of beauty and delicacy. The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes.
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Impropriety is the soul of wit.
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I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.
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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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They 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.
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If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.
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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 waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you.
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