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It is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work.

W. Somerset Maugham

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Tolerance is only another name for indifference.
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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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The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither.
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You demand unselfishness from others, which is a preposterous claim that they should sacrifice their desires to yours. Why should they?
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Now the answer … is plain, but it is so unpalatable that most men will not face it. There is no reason for life and life has no meaning.
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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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She loved three things – a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.
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We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.
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Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.
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If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
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Love is what happens to men and women who don’t know each other.
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It’s no good trying to keep up old friendships. It’s painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.
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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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I don’t think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.
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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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