The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither.
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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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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Men seek but one thing in life — their pleasure.
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You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.
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You’re intoxicated by the boundless space.
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It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.
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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
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All the words I use in my stories can be found in the dictionary-it’s just a matter of arranging them into the right sentences.
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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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Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
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If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn’t matter a damn how you write.
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The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
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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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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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There are two good things in life – freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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