To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMIt is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
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She loved three things – a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.
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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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Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.
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Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art.
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We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
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Art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand.
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I wish I could make you see how exciting the life of the spirit is and how rich in experience. It’s illimitable. It’s such a happy life. There’s only one thing like it, when you’re up in a plane by yourself, high, high, and only infinity surrounds you.
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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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The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice
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I´m not going to bring a child into the world, and love her, and bring her up, just so that some man may want to sleep with her so much that he’s willing to provide her with board and lodging for the rest of her life.
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
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Don’t wait for experience to come to you; go out after experience. Experience is your material.
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It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.
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