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He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it.

W. Somerset Maugham

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There are times when I look over the various parts of my character with perplexity.
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Character Look Over Part Perplexity Time Varius
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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Come Earth End Famous Leave Life May More never River Sojourn Stone Surface Water Trace
The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
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Discover Meaningless Secret Unless Yourself
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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Angry Believe God Les Part Than Tolerant
It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
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Accept Best Funny Get Life Often Refuse Thing
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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Arrange Dictionary Found Matter Right Sentence Story Use Word
Love is what happens to men and women who don’t know each other.
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Each Happen Know Love Men Other Women
It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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Beautiful Bed Day Decide Stau Such
What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed to keep them?
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Allow Any Illusion Ask Keep Other Them
Death doesn’t affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn’t concern the dead because they have ceased to exist.
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Cease Concern Death Effect Exist Happen Living
It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one’s dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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Ask Dignity Enough Frank Generous Independent One Preserve Unhamper Wealth Work
We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
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Because Have Want Write
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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Dictator Fool Himself Must One People Time Way
We who are of mature age seldom suspect how unmercifully and yet with what insight the very young judge us.
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Insight Judge Mature Seldom Suspect Ummercifully Very Yet Young
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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Action Age Country Different Evening Freedom Good Old Pleasant Thing Tranquility Two Youth
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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Angry Dangerous Easily Illusion Public Scene

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