You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMArt is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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It wasn’t until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, ‘I don’t know.’
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A mother only does her children harm if she makes them the only concern of her life.
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When I look back upon the girl I was I hate myself. But I never had a chance. I’m going to bring up my daughter so that she’s free and can stand on her own feet.
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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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Oh, it is dreadfully bitter to look at a woman whom you have loved with all your heart and soul, so that you felt you could not bear to let her out of your sight, and realize that you would not mind if you never saw her again. The tragedy of love is indifference.
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Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs.
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We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.
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The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither.
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There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.
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How can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realize that to you it was only an episode.
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I want a girl because I want to bring her up so that she shan’t make the mistakes I’ve made.
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Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.
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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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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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If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
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