It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMTo acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
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If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.
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The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice
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The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.
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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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Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger.
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When I look back upon the girl I was I hate myself. But I never had a chance. I’m going to bring up my daughter so that she’s free and can stand on her own feet.
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Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.
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Life isn’t long enough for love and art.
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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.
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Love is what happens to men and women who don’t know each other.
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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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They have no manners and are woefully unable to deal with any social predicament. Their idea of a celebration is to go to a public house and drink six beers. They are mean, malicious and envious . They are scum.
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Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
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