There are two good things in life – freedom of thought and freedom of action.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMIf you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
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The mystic sees the ineffable, and the psychopathologist the unspeakable.
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There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.
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Men seek but one thing in life — their pleasure.
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For my part I cannot believe in a God who is angry with me because I do not believe in him. I cannot believe in a God who is less tolerant than I. I cannot believe in a God who has neither humour nor common sense.
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The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves only that you are yourself of small account.
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I´m not going to bring a child into the world, and love her, and bring her up, just so that some man may want to sleep with her so much that he’s willing to provide her with board and lodging for the rest of her life.
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We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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Life isn’t long enough for love and art.
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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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You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you.
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Now the answer … is plain, but it is so unpalatable that most men will not face it. There is no reason for life and life has no meaning.
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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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