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Art for art's sake makes no more sense than gin for gin's sake.
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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A man filled with meat turns his back on the dry bones of political doctrine. Fanatical devotion to the ruling party comes more readily from the materially deprived At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
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Why did you look at the sunset?' Philip answered with his mouth full: Because I was happy.
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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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Men have ascribed to God imperfections that they would deplore in themselves.
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Tolerance is another word for indifference.
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