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To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

W. Somerset Maugham

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There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.
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Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art.
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All Art Beautiful Beauty Perfect Richest Work
The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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Oh, it is dreadfully bitter to look at a woman whom you have loved with all your heart and soul, so that you felt you could not bear to let her out of your sight, and realize that you would not mind if you never saw her again. The tragedy of love is indifference.
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The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.
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When I was young I was amazed at Plutarch’s statement that the elder Cato began at the age of eighty to learn Greek. I am amazed no longer. Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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How can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realize that to you it was only an episode.
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Everything Life Love Plesant Realize Reasonable Whole You
It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.
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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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As the cosmos are in place, so be it with your life.
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Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger.
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The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.
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The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.
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Cease Great Love Men Perish Tragedy
It’s no use crying over spilt milk, because all of the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.
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