Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMDeath doesn’t affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn’t concern the dead because they have ceased to exist.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.
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Love is what happens to men and women who don’t know each other.
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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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Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to.
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Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
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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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People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
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Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.
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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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You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct.
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Tolerance is only another name for indifference.
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If a man hasn’t what’s necessary to make a woman love him, it’s his fault, not hers.
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The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.
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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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Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
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