The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMIt was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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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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My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.
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I’d sooner be smashed into a mangled pulp by a bus when we cross the street than look forward to a life like yours.
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As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.
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Oh, it is dreadfully bitter to look at a woman whom you have loved with all your heart and soul, so that you felt you could not bear to let her out of your sight, and realize that you would not mind if you never saw her again. The tragedy of love is indifference.
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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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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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What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians.
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One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one’s life with her.
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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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Oh, it’s always the same,’ she sighed, ‘if you want men to behave well to you, you must be beastly to them; if you treat them decently they make you suffer for it.
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Now the answer … is plain, but it is so unpalatable that most men will not face it. There is no reason for life and life has no meaning.
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Most people are such fools that it is really no great compliment to say that someone is above the average.
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Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
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If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
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