There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.
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.
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The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.
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In France you get freedom of action: you can do what you like and nobody bothers, but you must think like everybody else. In Germany you must do what everybody else does, but you may think as you choose. They’re both very good things.
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The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither.
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She loved three things – a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.
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The essential element of love is a belief in its own eternity.
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The most valuable thing I have learned from life is to regret nothing.
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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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Beauty 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.
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I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.
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An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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As the cosmos are in place, so be it with your life.
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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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The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
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You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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