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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.

W. Somerset Maugham

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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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The essential element of love is a belief in its own eternity.
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I personally prefer freedom of thought. But in England you get neither: you’re ground down by convention. You can’t think as you like and you can’t act as you like. That’s because it’s a democratic nation. I expect America’s worse.
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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which now and then men create out of the chaos. The pictures they paint, the music they compose, the books they write, and the lives they lead.
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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.
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I´m not going to bring a child into the world, and love her, and bring her up, just so that some man may want to sleep with her so much that he’s willing to provide her with board and lodging for the rest of her life.
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Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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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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Impropriety is the soul of wit.
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The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.
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I wish I could make you see how exciting the life of the spirit is and how rich in experience. It’s illimitable. It’s such a happy life. There’s only one thing like it, when you’re up in a plane by yourself, high, high, and only infinity surrounds you.
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