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She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.
W. Somerset Maugham
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W. Somerset Maugham
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: January 1
Died: 1965
Died: January 1
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Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.
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He exulted in the possession of himself once more he realized how much of the delight of the world he had lost when he was absorbed in that madness which they called love he had had enough of it he did not want to be in love anymore if love was that.
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There are many foolish people in the world and when a man in a rather high position puts on no frills, slaps them on the back, and tells them he'll do anything in the world for them, they are very likely to think him clever.
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The tragedy of love is indifference.
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The most valuable thing I have learned from life is to regret nothing.
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The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.
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Look after your laundry, and your soul will look after itself.
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Beauty is an ecstasy it is as simple as hunger.
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The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.
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The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.
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Beauty is also a Gift of God, one of the most rare and precious, and we should be thankful if we are happy enough to possess it and thankful, if we are not, that others possess it for our pleasure.
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One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one's soul.
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There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.
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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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I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.
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With the superciliousness of extreme youth, I put thirty-five as the utmost limit at which a man might fall in love without making a fool of himself.
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Never pause unless you have a reason for it, but when you pause, pause as long as you can.
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There's nothing the world loves more than a ready-made description which they can hang on to a man, and so save themselves all trouble in future.
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Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
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If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn't matter a damn how you write.
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