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All W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.
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It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.
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Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.
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Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the dead because they have ceased to exist.
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It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.
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I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.
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Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.
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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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Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.
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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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We have long passed the Victorian Era when asterisks were followed after a certain interval by a baby.
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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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Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
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