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If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.

W. Somerset Maugham

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If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.
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Human Lose Nobody Race Something Soon Speech Spoke Unless Very
You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct.
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Adultery Committed Country Course Extinct Know People Person Tasmanian
Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
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Achieve Constitution Dirty Love Paly Species Trick
She loved three things – a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.
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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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Complete Five Make Money Other Sense Sixth Such
If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
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Become First Foolish Million One People Thing Wise
You will find as you grow older that the first thing needful to make the world a tolerable place to live in is to recognize the inevitable selfishness of humanity.
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First Grow Inevitable Make Needful Older Place Recognize Selfishness Thing Tolerable World
Now it is a funny thing about life. If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. If you utterly decline to make do with what you can get, then somehow or other, you are very likely to get what you want.
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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Kindness People Right Show Take Young
The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
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I don’t think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.
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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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Before Discover Earliest Into Nonsense Rub Time Wiser Young
There are times when I look over the various parts of my character with perplexity.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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Beautiful Bed Day Decide Stau Such
There are two good things in life – freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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Action Freedom Good Thing Thought Two
It’s no good trying to keep up old friendships. It’s painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.
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Both Face Fact Friendship Good Grow Keep Old Only Painful People Side Thing

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