The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.
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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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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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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The beauty of the morning and the radiance of noon are good, but it would be a very silly person who drew the curtains and turned on the light in order to shut out the tranquillity of the evening. Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.
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When you’re eighteen your emotions are violent, but they’re not durable.
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The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
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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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To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.
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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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People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
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Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
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If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
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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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The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.
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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself.
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