I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMIt was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.
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There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.
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I wish I could make you see how much fuller the life I offer you is than anything you have a conception of.
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It is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work.
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She loved three things – a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.
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The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.
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Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of the world in the torment of his soul. And when he has made it, it is not given to all to know it.
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The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves only that you are yourself of small account.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one’s dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
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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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Art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand.
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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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