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People who ask for your criticism want only praise.
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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Some American delusions: 1) That there is no class-consciousness in the country. 2) That American coffee is good. 3) That Americans are business-like. 4) That Americans are highly-sexed and that redheads are more highly sexed than others.
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I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.
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For my part I cannot believe in a God who is angry with me because I do not believe in him. I cannot believe in a God who is less tolerant than I. I cannot believe in a God who has neither humour nor common sense.
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It is bad enough to know the past it would be intolerable to know the future.
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The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.
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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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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
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The last words he said to me when I bade him good-night were: Tell Amy it's no good coming after me. Anyhow, I shall change my hotel, so she wouldn't be able to find me.' My own impression is that she's well rid of you,' I said. My dear fellow, I only hope you'll be able to make her see it. But women are very unintelligent.
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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.
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It needs a good deal of philosophy not to be mortified by the thought of persons who have voluntarily abandoned everything that for the most of us makes life worth living and are devoid of envy of what they have missed. I have never made up my mind whether they are fools or wise men.
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It's always difficult to make conversation with a drunk, and there's no denying it, the sober are at a disadvantage with him.
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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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I'm only twenty-five. If I've made a mistake I have time to correct it.
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I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.
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Thank God, I can look at a sunset now without having to think how to describe it
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Words have weight, sound and appearance it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to.
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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've met so many people, often the scum of the earth, and found them, you know, quite decent. I am an uncomfortable stranger to moral indignation.
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It's no use crying over spilt milk, because all of the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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