Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMImpropriety is the soul of wit.
More W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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Art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand.
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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
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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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Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
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Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.
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Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
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They have no manners and are woefully unable to deal with any social predicament. Their idea of a celebration is to go to a public house and drink six beers. They are mean, malicious and envious . They are scum.
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You will find as you grow older that the first thing needful to make the world a tolerable place to live in is to recognize the inevitable selfishness of humanity.
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Unfortunately sometimes one can’t do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.
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From the earliest time the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture.
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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’s no good trying to keep up old friendships. It’s painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.
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