I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMAnyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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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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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
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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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A dictator must fool all the people all the time and there’s only one way to do that, he must also fool himself.
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One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one’s life with her.
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A bird in the hand was worth two in the bush, he told her, to which she retorted that a proverb was the last refuge of the mentally destitute.
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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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When I look back upon the girl I was I hate myself. But I never had a chance. I’m going to bring up my daughter so that she’s free and can stand on her own feet.
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It is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work.
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He is not famous. It may be that he never will be. It may be that when his life at last comes to an end he will leave no more trace of his sojourn on earth than a stone thrown into a river leaves on the surface of the water.
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The most valuable thing I have learned from life is to regret nothing.
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There are two good things in life – freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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As the cosmos are in place, so be it with your life.
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You will find as you grow older that the first thing needful to make the world a tolerable place to live in is to recognize the inevitable selfishness of humanity.
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It’s no use crying over spilt milk, because all of the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.
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