The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMWhat do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed to keep them?
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to.
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Now it is a funny thing about life. If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. If you utterly decline to make do with what you can get, then somehow or other, you are very likely to get what you want.
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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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The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.
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Men seek but one thing in life — their pleasure.
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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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Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.
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The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither.
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You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.
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If a man hasn’t what’s necessary to make a woman love him, it’s his fault, not hers.
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If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
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One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one’s soul.
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Art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand.
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As the cosmos are in place, so be it with your life.
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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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