Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMAn unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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When a woman loves you she’s not satisfied until she possesses your soul. Because she’s weak, she has a rage for domination, and nothing less will satisfy her.
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The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
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Life wouldn’t be worth living if I worried over the future as well as the present. When things are at their worst I find something always happens.
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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
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What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed to keep them?
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The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.
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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
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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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The mystic sees the ineffable, and the psychopathologist the unspeakable.
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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
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It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.
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You demand unselfishness from others, which is a preposterous claim that they should sacrifice their desires to yours. Why should they?
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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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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?
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