I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMThe secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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She loved three things – a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.
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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 is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work.
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The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither.
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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
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Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.
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Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
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Tolerance is only another name for indifference.
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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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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
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Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
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I wish I could make you see how much fuller the life I offer you is than anything you have a conception of.
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They call beautiful a dress, a dog, a sermon; and when they are face to face with Beauty cannot recognise it.
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