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.
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.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.
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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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It wasn’t until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, ‘I don’t know.’
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There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.
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If you don’t change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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When you are reconciled to the fact that each is for himself in the world you will ask less from your fellows. They will not disappoint you, and you will look upon them more charitably.
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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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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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You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct.
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Of all the hokum with which this country [America] is riddled, the most odd is the common notion that it is free of class distinctions.
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I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.
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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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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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An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
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