When I look back upon the girl I was I hate myself. But I never had a chance. I’m going to bring up my daughter so that she’s free and can stand on her own feet.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMI´m not going to bring a child into the world, and love her, and bring her up, just so that some man may want to sleep with her so much that he’s willing to provide her with board and lodging for the rest of her life.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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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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Impropriety is the soul of wit.
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Of all the hokum with which this country [America] is riddled, the most odd is the common notion that it is free of class distinctions.
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He 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.
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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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I’d sooner be smashed into a mangled pulp by a bus when we cross the street than look forward to a life like yours.
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Why should you think that beauty, which is the most precious thing in the world, lies like a stone on the beach for the careless passer-by to pick up idly?
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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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It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.
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It wasn’t until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, ‘I don’t know.’
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All the words I use in my stories can be found in the dictionary-it’s just a matter of arranging them into the right sentences.
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The essential element of love is a belief in its own eternity.
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Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.
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Tolerance is only another name for indifference.
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I’ll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell… their heart’s in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ.
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