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.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMIn France you get freedom of action: you can do what you like and nobody bothers, but you must think like everybody else. In Germany you must do what everybody else does, but you may think as you choose. They’re both very good things.
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When you’re eighteen your emotions are violent, but they’re not durable.
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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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Life isn’t long enough for love and art.
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You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you.
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Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
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The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.
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You demand unselfishness from others, which is a preposterous claim that they should sacrifice their desires to yours. Why should they?
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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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Unfortunately sometimes one can’t do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.
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Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.
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Throw yourself into the hurly-burly of life. It doesn’t matter how many mistakes you make, what unhappiness you have to undergo. It is all your material …
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The most valuable thing I have learned from life is to regret nothing.
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There’s always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.
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What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians.
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