A mother only does her children harm if she makes them the only concern of her life.
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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It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.
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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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I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which now and then men create out of the chaos. The pictures they paint, the music they compose, the books they write, and the lives they lead.
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I wish I could make you see how much fuller the life I offer you is than anything you have a conception of.
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People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
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Why should you think that beauty, which is the most precious thing in the world, lies like a stone on the beach for the careless passer-by to pick up idly?
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The beauty of the morning and the radiance of noon are good, but it would be a very silly person who drew the curtains and turned on the light in order to shut out the tranquillity of the evening. Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.
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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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Unfortunately sometimes one can’t do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.
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There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.
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I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don’t.
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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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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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If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
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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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