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.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMOh, it’s always the same,’ she sighed, ‘if you want men to behave well to you, you must be beastly to them; if you treat them decently they make you suffer for it.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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Now the answer … is plain, but it is so unpalatable that most men will not face it. There is no reason for life and life has no meaning.
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The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice
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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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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.
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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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Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
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Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.
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Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs.
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The most valuable thing I have learned from life is to regret nothing.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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I’d sooner be smashed into a mangled pulp by a bus when we cross the street than look forward to a life like yours.
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if you’d ever had a grown-up daughter you’d know that by comparison a bucking steer is easy to manage. And as to knowing what goes on inside her – well, it’s much better to pretend you’re the simple, innocent old fool she almost certainly takes you for.
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You’re intoxicated by the boundless space.
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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