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.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMBeauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of the world in the torment of his soul. And when he has made it, it is not given to all to know it.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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If you don’t change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?
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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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Life wouldn’t be worth living if I worried over the future as well as the present. When things are at their worst I find something always happens.
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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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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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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.
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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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Don’t wait for experience to come to you; go out after experience. Experience is your material.
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Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art.
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Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.
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For my part I cannot believe in a God who is angry with me because I do not believe in him. I cannot believe in a God who is less tolerant than I. I cannot believe in a God who has neither humour nor common sense.
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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You’re intoxicated by the boundless space.
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If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
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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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