Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMHe is not famous. It may be that he never will be. It may be that when his life at last comes to an end he will leave no more trace of his sojourn on earth than a stone thrown into a river leaves on the surface of the water.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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There are times when I look over the various parts of my character with perplexity.
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We who are of mature age seldom suspect how unmercifully and yet with what insight the very young judge us.
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Oh, it is dreadfully bitter to look at a woman whom you have loved with all your heart and soul, so that you felt you could not bear to let her out of your sight, and realize that you would not mind if you never saw her again. The tragedy of love is indifference.
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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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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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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.
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To recognize it you must repeat the adventure of the artist. It is a melody that he sings to you, and to hear it again in your own heart you want knowledge and sensitiveness and imagination.
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People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
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Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
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Any society that values wealth above freedom will lose its freedom, and will ultimately lose its wealth as well
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I recognize that I am made up of several persons and that the person that at the moment has the upper hand will inevitably give place to another. But which is the real one? All of them or none?
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There’s always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.
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There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.
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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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