We must be very humble. We must see the beauty of quietness. We must go through life so inconspicuously that Fate does not notice us. And let us seek the love of simple, ignorant people. Their ignorance is better than all our knowledge.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMThere are two good things in life – freedom of thought and freedom of action.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
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Art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand.
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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 is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.
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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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When I look back upon the girl I was I hate myself. But I never had a chance. I’m going to bring up my daughter so that she’s free and can stand on her own feet.
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Oh, it’s always the same,’ she sighed, ‘if you want men to behave well to you, you must be beastly to them; if you treat them decently they make you suffer for it.
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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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I don’t think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.
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Love is what happens to men and women who don’t know each other.
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Don’t wait for experience to come to you; go out after experience. Experience is your material.
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Unfortunately sometimes one can’t do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.
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All the words I use in my stories can be found in the dictionary-it’s just a matter of arranging them into the right sentences.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one’s dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.
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