It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
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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They call beautiful a dress, a dog, a sermon; and when they are face to face with Beauty cannot recognise it.
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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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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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I’ll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell… their heart’s in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ.
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As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.
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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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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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Oh, it is dreadfully bitter to look at a woman whom you have loved with all your heart and soul, so that you felt you could not bear to let her out of your sight, and realize that you would not mind if you never saw her again. The tragedy of love is indifference.
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Men seek but one thing in life — their pleasure.
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The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
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You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians.
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Each one of us is alone in the world. He is shut in a tower of brass, and can communicate with his fellows only by signs, and the signs have no common value, so that their sense is vague and uncertain.
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