It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
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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As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.
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For my part I cannot believe in a God who is angry with me because I do not believe in him. I cannot believe in a God who is less tolerant than I. I cannot believe in a God who has neither humour nor common sense.
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Throw yourself into the hurly-burly of life. It doesn’t matter how many mistakes you make, what unhappiness you have to undergo. It is all your material …
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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
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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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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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Any society that values wealth above freedom will lose its freedom, and will ultimately lose its wealth as well
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We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.
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The most valuable thing I have learned from life is to regret nothing.
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Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
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Love is what happens to men and women who don’t know each other.
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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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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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Men seek but one thing in life — their pleasure.
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It is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work.
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