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The essential element of love is a belief in its own eternity.

W. Somerset Maugham

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What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one’s faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one’s memories.
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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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You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.
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Impropriety is the soul of wit.
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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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A mother only does her children harm if she makes them the only concern of her life.
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The crown of literature is poetry. It is its end and aim. It is the sublimest activity of the human mind. It is the achievement of beauty and delicacy. The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes.
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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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For my part I cannot believe in a God who is angry with me because I do not believe in him. I cannot believe in a God who is less tolerant than I. I cannot believe in a God who has neither humour nor common sense.
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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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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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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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If you don’t change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?
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You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.
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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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