You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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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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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There’s always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.
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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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The most valuable thing I have learned from life is to regret nothing.
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The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.
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Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs.
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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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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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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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Don’t wait for experience to come to you; go out after experience. Experience is your material.
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
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We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.
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When you are reconciled to the fact that each is for himself in the world you will ask less from your fellows. They will not disappoint you, and you will look upon them more charitably.
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There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the type that most often writes about himself.
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