I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don’t.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMIf a man hasn’t what’s necessary to make a woman love him, it’s his fault, not hers.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.
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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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A mother only does her children harm if she makes them the only concern of her life.
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An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
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People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
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I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.
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She loved three things – a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.
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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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I am told that today rather more than 60 per cent of the men who go to university go on a Government grant. This is a new class that has entered upon the scene. It is the white-collar proletariat. They do not go to university to acquire culture but to get a job, and when they have got one, scamp it.
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Impropriety is the soul of wit.
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Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
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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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If you don’t change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?
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