Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMIt’s no use crying over spilt milk, because all of the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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From the earliest time the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture.
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The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
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The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
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To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.
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One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one’s soul.
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An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
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Men seek but one thing in life — their pleasure.
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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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 you don’t change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?
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But it may be that the way of life that he has chosen for himself and the peculiar strength and sweetness of his character may have an ever-growing influence over his fellow men so that, long after his death perhaps, it may be realized that there lived in this age a very remarkable creature.
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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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It is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work.
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It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.
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We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
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