The most valuable thing I have learned from life is to regret nothing.
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.
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It’s no use crying over spilt milk, because all of the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.
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The mystic sees the ineffable, and the psychopathologist the unspeakable.
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The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither.
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When a woman loves you she’s not satisfied until she possesses your soul. Because she’s weak, she has a rage for domination, and nothing less will satisfy her.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
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Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.
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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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There 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.
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Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
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I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which now and then men create out of the chaos. The pictures they paint, the music they compose, the books they write, and the lives they lead.
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There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.
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The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
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How can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realize that to you it was only an episode.
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I personally prefer freedom of thought. But in England you get neither: you’re ground down by convention. You can’t think as you like and you can’t act as you like. That’s because it’s a democratic nation. I expect America’s worse.
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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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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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You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct.
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Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.
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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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I’ll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell… their heart’s in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ.
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They have no manners and are woefully unable to deal with any social predicament. Their idea of a celebration is to go to a public house and drink six beers. They are mean, malicious and envious . They are scum.
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if you’d ever had a grown-up daughter you’d know that by comparison a bucking steer is easy to manage. And as to knowing what goes on inside her – well, it’s much better to pretend you’re the simple, innocent old fool she almost certainly takes you for.
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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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Unfortunately sometimes one can’t do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.
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You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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