Any society that values wealth above freedom will lose its freedom, and will ultimately lose its wealth as well
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMIt was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.
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We seek pitifully to convey to others the treasures of our heart, but they have not the power to accept them, and so we go lonely, side by side but not together, unable to know our fellows and unknown by them.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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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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You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct.
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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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It wasn’t until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, ‘I don’t know.’
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What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one’s faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one’s memories.
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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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As the cosmos are in place, so be it with your life.
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The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.
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The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.
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Art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand.
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If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.
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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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