As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMThe secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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There are times when I look over the various parts of my character with perplexity.
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
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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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Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
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I don’t think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.
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In France you get freedom of action: you can do what you like and nobody bothers, but you must think like everybody else. In Germany you must do what everybody else does, but you may think as you choose. They’re both very good things.
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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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Each one of us is alone in the world. He is shut in a tower of brass, and can communicate with his fellows only by signs, and the signs have no common value, so that their sense is vague and uncertain.
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We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.
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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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It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs.
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