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What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians.

W. Somerset Maugham

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The crown of literature is poetry. It is its end and aim. It is the sublimest activity of the human mind. It is the achievement of beauty and delicacy. The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes.
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Achievement Activity Aim Beauty Crown Delicacy End Human Literature Mind Poetry Sublimest
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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Anything Comfort Freedom Irony Lose Money More Nation Value Virtue
If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn’t matter a damn how you write.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Character Crete Incident Matter Pasion Sincerity Story Tell Write
If you don’t change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Belief Change Forever Good Life New Will
Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art.
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All Art Beautiful Beauty Perfect Richest Work
If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Become First Foolish Million One People Thing Wise
Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.
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Dullness First Good Husband Reyuiste
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.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Bring Life Lodging Make Man One Possible Rst Sleep Some Thing Willing
You’re intoxicated by the boundless space.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Boundless Intoxicate Space
Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
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Can Epigram Make None Tell Truth
I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don’t.
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Always Difficult Mean More Say Thing
If a man hasn’t what’s necessary to make a woman love him, it’s his fault, not hers.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Fault Her Man Necessary Woman
We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
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Because Have Want Write
Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.
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Complete Five Make Money Other Sense Sixth Such
The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Important Love Loved Rather Thing
It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

Accept Best Funny Get Life Often Refuse Thing

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