I want a girl because I want to bring her up so that she shan’t make the mistakes I’ve made.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMIf you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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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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The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
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The most valuable thing I have learned from life is to regret nothing.
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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
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I don’t think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.
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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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Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.
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One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one’s life with her.
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Tolerance is only another name for indifference.
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I’d sooner be smashed into a mangled pulp by a bus when we cross the street than look forward to a life like yours.
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The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
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The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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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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In France you get freedom of action: you can do what you like and nobody bothers, but you must think like everybody else. In Germany you must do what everybody else does, but you may think as you choose. They’re both very good things.
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