Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMThere is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the type that most often writes about himself.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don’t.
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
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You demand unselfishness from others, which is a preposterous claim that they should sacrifice their desires to yours. Why should they?
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The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
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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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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 bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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From the earliest time the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture.
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The tragedy of love is not death or separation. How long do you think it would have been before one or other of them ceased to care?
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Tolerance is only another name for indifference.
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I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.
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Impropriety is the soul of wit.
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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians.
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