The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMBeauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
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You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct.
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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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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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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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Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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I’ll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell… their heart’s in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ.
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Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
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Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.
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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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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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We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
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The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.
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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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