What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians.
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 was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.
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If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.
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What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one’s faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one’s memories.
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The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.
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If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn’t matter a damn how you write.
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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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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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You’re intoxicated by the boundless space.
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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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A dictator must fool all the people all the time and there’s only one way to do that, he must also fool himself.
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If a man hasn’t what’s necessary to make a woman love him, it’s his fault, not hers.
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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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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.
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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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