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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.
W. Somerset Maugham
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W. Somerset Maugham
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: January 1
Died: 1965
Died: January 1
Army Scout
Literary Critic
Novelist
Physician Writer
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Paris
France
W. Somerset Maugham
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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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She could not admit but that he had remarkable qualities, sometimes she thought that there was even in him a strange and unattractive greatness it was curious then that she could not love him, but loved still a man whose worthlessness was now so clear to her.
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A good story is obviously a difficult thing to invent, but its difficulty is a poor reason for despising it.
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The drama is make-believe. It does not deal with truth but with effect.
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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 is only one way to win hearts and that is to make oneself like unto those of whom one would be loved.
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The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill.
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A woman will always sacrifice herself if you give her the opportunity. It is her favourite form of self indulgence.
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When married people don't get on they can separate, but if they're not married it's impossible. It's a tie that only death can sever.
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I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't.
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She [Sadie Thompson] gathered herself together. No one could describe the scorn of her expression or the contemptuous hatred she put into her answer. You men! You filthy dirty pigs! You're all the same, all of you. Pigs! Pigs!
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I do not think you want too much sincerity in society. It would be like an iron girder in a house of cards.
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People who ask for your criticism want only praise.
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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The mystic sees the ineffable, and the psychopathologist the unspeakable.
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There is no more merit in being able to attach a correct description to a picture than in being able to find out what is wrong with a stalled motorcar. In each case it is special knowledge.
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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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