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Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.

W. Somerset Maugham

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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?
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Allow Any Illusion Ask Keep Other Them
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
The tragedy of love is not death or separation. How long do you think it would have been before one or other of them ceased to care?
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one’s dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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Ask Dignity Enough Frank Generous Independent One Preserve Unhamper Wealth Work
They have no manners and are woefully unable to deal with any social predicament. Their idea of a celebration is to go to a public house and drink six beers. They are mean, malicious and envious . They are scum.
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One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one’s soul.
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Convent Find One Only Peace Pleasure Soul World
There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.
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No Nothing Pursuit Talent Terrible Those
Most people are such fools that it is really no great compliment to say that someone is above the average.
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Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to.
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Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.
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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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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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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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Men seek but one thing in life — their pleasure.
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Life Men One Pleasure Seek Thing
The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
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Discover Meaningless Secret Unless Yourself
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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