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W. Somerset Maugham
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W. Somerset Maugham
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: January 1
Died: 1965
Died: January 1
Army Scout
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W. Somerset Maugham
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The tragedy of love is indifference.
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It was like making a blunder at a party there was nothing to do about it, it was dreadfully mortifying, but it showed a lack of sense to ascribe too much importance to it.
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It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it is too late. It does not improve the temper.
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The subjunctive mood is in its death throes, and the best thing to do is to put it out of its misery as soon as possible.
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A woman may be as wicked as she likes, but if she isn't pretty it won't do her much good.
W. Somerset Maugham
There was an immeasurable distance between the quick and the dead: they did not seem to belong to the same species and it was strange to think that but a little while before they had spoken and moved and eaten and laughed.
W. Somerset Maugham
The great man is too often all of a piece it is the little man that is a bundle of contradictory elements. He is inexhaustible. You never come to the end of the surprises he has in store for you.
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Loving-kindness is the better part of goodness.
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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You tend to close your eyes to truth, beauty and goodness because they give no scope to your sense of the ridiculous.
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I never spend more than one hour in a gallery. That is as long as one's power of appreciation persists.
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An art is only great and significant if it is one that all may enjoy. The art of a clique is but a plaything.
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But what is criticism? Criticism is purely destructive anyone can destroy, but not everyone can build up.
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The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.
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and he loved her suddenly because she loved him.
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It must be a fault in me that I am not gravely shocked at the sins of others unless they personally affect me.
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The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.
W. Somerset Maugham
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
W. Somerset Maugham
What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians.
W. Somerset Maugham
It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.
W. Somerset Maugham
