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A bird in the hand was worth two in the bush, he told her, to which she retorted that a proverb was the last refuge of the mentally destitute.

W. Somerset Maugham

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It is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work.
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Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
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I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one’s dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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if you’d ever had a grown-up daughter you’d know that by comparison a bucking steer is easy to manage. And as to knowing what goes on inside her – well, it’s much better to pretend you’re the simple, innocent old fool she almost certainly takes you for.
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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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You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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A bird in the hand was worth two in the bush, he told her, to which she retorted that a proverb was the last refuge of the mentally destitute.
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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
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Art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand.
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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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We must be very humble. We must see the beauty of quietness. We must go through life so inconspicuously that Fate does not notice us. And let us seek the love of simple, ignorant people. Their ignorance is better than all our knowledge.
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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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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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It’s no good trying to keep up old friendships. It’s painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.
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