I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMWe who are of mature age seldom suspect how unmercifully and yet with what insight the very young judge us.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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When a woman loves you she’s not satisfied until she possesses your soul. Because she’s weak, she has a rage for domination, and nothing less will satisfy her.
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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
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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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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
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The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
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Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger.
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All the words I use in my stories can be found in the dictionary-it’s just a matter of arranging them into the right sentences.
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There are times when I look over the various parts of my character with perplexity.
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One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one’s life with her.
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I´m not going to bring a child into the world, and love her, and bring her up, just so that some man may want to sleep with her so much that he’s willing to provide her with board and lodging for the rest of her life.
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I don’t think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.
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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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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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It wasn’t until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, ‘I don’t know.’
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