Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to.
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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The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither.
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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 are two good things in life – freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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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.
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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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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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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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Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.
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A mother only does her children harm if she makes them the only concern of her life.
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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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Life isn’t long enough for love and art.
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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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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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If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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