It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMDullness is the first requisite of a good husband.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.
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As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.
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Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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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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In France you get freedom of action: you can do what you like and nobody bothers, but you must think like everybody else. In Germany you must do what everybody else does, but you may think as you choose. They’re both very good things.
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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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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 know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct.
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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
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She loved three things – a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.
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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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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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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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