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.
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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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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Don’t wait for experience to come to you; go out after experience. Experience is your material.
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People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
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The beauty of the morning and the radiance of noon are good, but it would be a very silly person who drew the curtains and turned on the light in order to shut out the tranquillity of the evening. Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.
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Love is what happens to men and women who don’t know each other.
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Most people are such fools that it is really no great compliment to say that someone is above the average.
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To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.
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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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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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Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.
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You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.
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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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Men seek but one thing in life — their pleasure.
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Life isn’t long enough for love and art.
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