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The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

W. Somerset Maugham

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We must be very humble. We must see the beauty of quietness. We must go through life so inconspicuously that Fate does not notice us. And let us seek the love of simple, ignorant people. Their ignorance is better than all our knowledge.
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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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People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
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Art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand.
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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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.
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Give Head Opinion Organ Place Right Thoroughly
There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.
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The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.
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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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The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves only that you are yourself of small account.
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If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself.
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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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I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don’t.
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Always Difficult Mean More Say Thing
Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
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Can Epigram Make None Tell Truth
If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn’t matter a damn how you write.
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