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.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMWhy should you think that beauty, which is the most precious thing in the world, lies like a stone on the beach for the careless passer-by to pick up idly?
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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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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You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct.
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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
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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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Impropriety is the soul of wit.
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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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The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.
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There are two good things in life – freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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We who are of mature age seldom suspect how unmercifully and yet with what insight the very young judge us.
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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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The essential element of love is a belief in its own eternity.
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It wasn’t until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, ‘I don’t know.’
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Oh, it’s always the same,’ she sighed, ‘if you want men to behave well to you, you must be beastly to them; if you treat them decently they make you suffer for it.
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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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Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.
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