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Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.

W. Somerset Maugham

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You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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Action Freedom Good Know Life Thing
I want a girl because I want to bring her up so that she shan’t make the mistakes I’ve made.
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Bering Girl Made Make Mistake Want
To recognize it you must repeat the adventure of the artist. It is a melody that he sings to you, and to hear it again in your own heart you want knowledge and sensitiveness and imagination.
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Adventure Again Artist Hear Heart Imagination Melody Recognize Repeat Sensitiveness
From the earliest time the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture.
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Before Discover Earliest Into Nonsense Rub Time Wiser Young
Now the answer … is plain, but it is so unpalatable that most men will not face it. There is no reason for life and life has no meaning.
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Answer Face Life Meaning Men Most Plain Reason Unpalatable
One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one’s soul.
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Convent Find One Only Peace Pleasure Soul World
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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Domination Love Nothing Possess Rage Satisfied She Soul Woman
When you’re eighteen your emotions are violent, but they’re not durable.
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Durable Eighteen Emotion Violent
Impropriety is the soul of wit.
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Impropriety Soul Wit
The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
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Discover Meaningless Secret Unless Yourself
I am told that today rather more than 60 per cent of the men who go to university go on a Government grant. This is a new class that has entered upon the scene. It is the white-collar proletariat. They do not go to university to acquire culture but to get a job, and when they have got one, scamp it.
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Acquire Class Culture Enter Government Grant Men More Percent Portrait Rather Scene Sixty Today Told University
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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Able Account Acquire Bring Famous Friend Know Men Prestige Prove Small Tell
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
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Ask Criticism Only People Praise Want
The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither.
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Cruel Hard Know None Whither World
He is not famous. It may be that he never will be. It may be that when his life at last comes to an end he will leave no more trace of his sojourn on earth than a stone thrown into a river leaves on the surface of the water.
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Come Earth End Famous Leave Life May More never River Sojourn Stone Surface Water Trace
If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
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Become First Foolish Million One People Thing Wise

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