Unfortunately sometimes one can’t do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMThe essential element of love is a belief in its own eternity.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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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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The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.
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Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
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There are times when I look over the various parts of my character with perplexity.
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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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Men seek but one thing in life — their pleasure.
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Now the answer … is plain, but it is so unpalatable that most men will not face it. There is no reason for life and life has no meaning.
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If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.
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Tolerance is only another name for indifference.
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Any society that values wealth above freedom will lose its freedom, and will ultimately lose its wealth as well
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Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
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How can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realize that to you it was only an episode.
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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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