She loved three things – a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMI want a girl because I want to bring her up so that she shan’t make the mistakes I’ve made.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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Throw yourself into the hurly-burly of life. It doesn’t matter how many mistakes you make, what unhappiness you have to undergo. It is all your material …
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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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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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I personally prefer freedom of thought. But in England you get neither: you’re ground down by convention. You can’t think as you like and you can’t act as you like. That’s because it’s a democratic nation. I expect America’s worse.
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A mother only does her children harm if she makes them the only concern of her life.
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Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.
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Tolerance is only another name for indifference.
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Now it is a funny thing about life. If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. If you utterly decline to make do with what you can get, then somehow or other, you are very likely to get what you want.
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The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.
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Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.
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We who are of mature age seldom suspect how unmercifully and yet with what insight the very young judge us.
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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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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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