As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMThe complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
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If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.
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I don’t think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.
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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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There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.
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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.
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When a woman loves you she’s not satisfied until she possesses your soul. Because she’s weak, she has a rage for domination, and nothing less will satisfy her.
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There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the type that most often writes about himself.
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Why should you think that beauty, which is the most precious thing in the world, lies like a stone on the beach for the careless passer-by to pick up idly?
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Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
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I personally prefer freedom of thought. But in England you get neither: you’re ground down by convention. You can’t think as you like and you can’t act as you like. That’s because it’s a democratic nation. I expect America’s worse.
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When you’re eighteen your emotions are violent, but they’re not durable.
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She loved three things – a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.
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The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
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If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
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