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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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Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.
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Complete Five Make Money Other Sense Sixth Such
From the earliest time the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture.
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Before Discover Earliest Into Nonsense Rub Time Wiser Young
Impropriety is the soul of wit.
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Impropriety Soul Wit
If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
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Become First Foolish Million One People Thing Wise
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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Excite Experience Happy High Illuminate Infinity One Plane Rich Spirit Surround
Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
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Can Epigram Make None Tell Truth
You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct.
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Adultery Committed Country Course Extinct Know People Person Tasmanian
The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.
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Cease Great Love Men Perish Tragedy
He is not famous. It may be that he never will be. It may be that when his life at last comes to an end he will leave no more trace of his sojourn on earth than a stone thrown into a river leaves on the surface of the water.
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Come Earth End Famous Leave Life May More never River Sojourn Stone Surface Water Trace
Life isn’t long enough for love and art.
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Art Enough Life Long Love
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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Arrange Dictionary Found Matter Right Sentence Story Use Word
What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians.
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Come Democracy Down Invent Persuasive Politician Power Seek Self Slogan
There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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Know Novel Rule Three Unfortunately Write
You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
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Experience Guidance Learn More Quick Teacher Under
If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.
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Human Lose Nobody Race Something Soon Speech Spoke Unless Very
One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one’s soul.
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Convent Find One Only Peace Pleasure Soul World

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