Any society that values wealth above freedom will lose its freedom, and will ultimately lose its wealth as well
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMYou’re intoxicated by the boundless space.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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When you are reconciled to the fact that each is for himself in the world you will ask less from your fellows. They will not disappoint you, and you will look upon them more charitably.
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You demand unselfishness from others, which is a preposterous claim that they should sacrifice their desires to yours. Why should they?
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Oh, it is dreadfully bitter to look at a woman whom you have loved with all your heart and soul, so that you felt you could not bear to let her out of your sight, and realize that you would not mind if you never saw her again. The tragedy of love is indifference.
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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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There’s always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.
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The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
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Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.
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Death doesn’t affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn’t concern the dead because they have ceased to exist.
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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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We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.
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The essential element of love is a belief in its own eternity.
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If a man hasn’t what’s necessary to make a woman love him, it’s his fault, not hers.
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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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Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.
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The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.
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