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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?

W. Somerset Maugham

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People talk of beauty lightly, and having no feeling for words, they use that one carelessly, so that it loses its force; and the thing it stands for, sharing its name with a hundred trivial objects, is deprived of dignity.
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Beauty Carelessly Feel Force Lighty Lose One People Stand Talk Thing Use Word
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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Demand Desire Other Preposterous Sacrifice Should Unselfishness
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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Ask Charitablity Disappoint Each Fellow Himself Less More Reconcile
Life isn’t long enough for love and art.
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Art Enough Life Long Love
To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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Anyone Bear Best Character Courage Failure Give Proof
If a man hasn’t what’s necessary to make a woman love him, it’s his fault, not hers.
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Fault Her Man Necessary Woman
A mother only does her children harm if she makes them the only concern of her life.
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Children Concern Harm Life Make Mother
When I was young I was amazed at Plutarch’s statement that the elder Cato began at the age of eighty to learn Greek. I am amazed no longer. Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.
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Age Amaze Began Country Eighty Elde Language Learn People Person Statement Young
It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.
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Bad Enough Future Know Past
There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the type that most often writes about himself.
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Attention Bad Good Man One Play Sort Tormented
As the cosmos are in place, so be it with your life.
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Country Life Place
The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither.
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Cruel Hard Know None Whither World
I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which now and then men create out of the chaos. The pictures they paint, the music they compose, the books they write, and the lives they lead.
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Beauty Compose Disgust Idea Live Make Men Only Picture Possible Regard Thing World
What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians.
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Come Democracy Down Invent Persuasive Politician Power Seek Self Slogan
It’s no good trying to keep up old friendships. It’s painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.
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Both Face Fact Friendship Good Grow Keep Old Only Painful People Side Thing
If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
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Become First Foolish Million One People Thing Wise

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