It is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMOne cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one’s soul.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians.
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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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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Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.
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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
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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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Throw yourself into the hurly-burly of life. It doesn’t matter how many mistakes you make, what unhappiness you have to undergo. It is all your material …
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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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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
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The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.
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As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.
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We seek pitifully to convey to others the treasures of our heart, but they have not the power to accept them, and so we go lonely, side by side but not together, unable to know our fellows and unknown by them.
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The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.
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You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.
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It’s no use crying over spilt milk, because all of the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.
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