Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMHow can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realize that to you it was only an episode.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
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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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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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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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The tragedy of love is not death or separation. How long do you think it would have been before one or other of them ceased to care?
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What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed to keep them?
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Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.
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It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.
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The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves only that you are yourself of small account.
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People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
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We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
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I wish I could make you see how much fuller the life I offer you is than anything you have a conception of.
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Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
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If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
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The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.
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