Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMEach one of us is alone in the world. He is shut in a tower of brass, and can communicate with his fellows only by signs, and the signs have no common value, so that their sense is vague and uncertain.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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Of all the hokum with which this country [America] is riddled, the most odd is the common notion that it is free of class distinctions.
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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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But it may be that the way of life that he has chosen for himself and the peculiar strength and sweetness of his character may have an ever-growing influence over his fellow men so that, long after his death perhaps, it may be realized that there lived in this age a very remarkable creature.
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The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
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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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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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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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We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
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Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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Each one of us is alone in the world. He is shut in a tower of brass, and can communicate with his fellows only by signs, and the signs have no common value, so that their sense is vague and uncertain.
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You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you.
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There are two good things in life – freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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Life isn’t long enough for love and art.
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My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.
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