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First, cut out all the wisdom, then cut out all the adjectives.
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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Writing is the supreme solace.
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Perhaps the most important use of money - It saves time. Life is so short, and there's so much to do, one can't afford to waste a minute and just think how much you waste, for instance, in walking from place to place instead of going by bus and in going by bus instead of by taxi.
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If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
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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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Loving-kindness is the better part of goodness.
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To write simply is as difficult as to be good.
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Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of the world in the torment of his soul.
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At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
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A man ought to work. That's what he's here for. That's how he contributes to the welfare of the community.
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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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I know that you're selfish, selfish beyond words, and I know that you haven't the nerve of a rabbit, I know you're a liar and a humbug, I know that you're utterly contemptible. And the tragic part is'--her face was on a sudden distraught with pain--'the tragic part is that notwithstanding I love you with all my heart.
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Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
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