We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMImpropriety is the soul of wit.
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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Oh, it’s always the same,’ she sighed, ‘if you want men to behave well to you, you must be beastly to them; if you treat them decently they make you suffer for it.
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A dictator must fool all the people all the time and there’s only one way to do that, he must also fool himself.
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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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Impropriety is the soul of wit.
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Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.
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Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
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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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You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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Love is what happens to men and women who don’t know each other.
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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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Any society that values wealth above freedom will lose its freedom, and will ultimately lose its wealth as well
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I want a girl because I want to bring her up so that she shan’t make the mistakes I’ve made.
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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
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