Impropriety is the soul of wit.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMThe Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
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She loved three things – a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.
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A bird in the hand was worth two in the bush, he told her, to which she retorted that a proverb was the last refuge of the mentally destitute.
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As the cosmos are in place, so be it with your life.
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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
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Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
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Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
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When you’re eighteen your emotions are violent, but they’re not durable.
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Of all the hokum with which this country [America] is riddled, the most odd is the common notion that it is free of class distinctions.
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The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.
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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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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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If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
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You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you.
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The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
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