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.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMA dictator must fool all the people all the time and there’s only one way to do that, he must also fool himself.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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In France you get freedom of action: you can do what you like and nobody bothers, but you must think like everybody else. In Germany you must do what everybody else does, but you may think as you choose. They’re both very good things.
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It’s no good trying to keep up old friendships. It’s painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.
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They have no manners and are woefully unable to deal with any social predicament. Their idea of a celebration is to go to a public house and drink six beers. They are mean, malicious and envious . They are scum.
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I recognize that I am made up of several persons and that the person that at the moment has the upper hand will inevitably give place to another. But which is the real one? All of them or none?
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I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don’t.
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If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself.
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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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Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art.
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It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the type that most often writes about himself.
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The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
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She loved three things – a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.
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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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The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
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