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The trouble is that thinking looks like loafing. Who wants to pay people for daydreaming?

W. Somerset Maugham

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It is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work.
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The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
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Any society that values wealth above freedom will lose its freedom, and will ultimately lose its wealth as well
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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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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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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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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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The trouble is that thinking looks like loafing. Who wants to pay people for daydreaming?
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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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You will find as you grow older that the first thing needful to make the world a tolerable place to live in is to recognize the inevitable selfishness of humanity.
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For my part I cannot believe in a God who is angry with me because I do not believe in him. I cannot believe in a God who is less tolerant than I. I cannot believe in a God who has neither humour nor common sense.
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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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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 crown of literature is poetry. It is its end and aim. It is the sublimest activity of the human mind. It is the achievement of beauty and delicacy. The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes.
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If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.
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