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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
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W. Somerset Maugham
Somerset Maugham
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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 critic … must be a philosopher, for from philosophy he will learn serenity, impartiality, and the transitoriness of human things.
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There is no object to life. To nature nothing matters but the continuation of the species.
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One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one's life with her.
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The humorist has a good eye for the humbug he does not always recognize the saint.
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A woman may be as wicked as she likes, but if she isn't pretty it won't do her much good.
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Because a man can write great works he is none the less a man.
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No action is in itself good or bad, but only such according to convention.
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I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.
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In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time.
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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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Through the history of the world there have always been exploiters and exploited. There always will be ... because the great mass of men are made by nature to be slaves, they are unfit to control themselves, and for their own good need masters.
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Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.
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Writing is the supreme solace.
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The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.
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If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself.
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The author always loads his dice, but he must never let the reader see that he has done so, and by the manipulation of his plot, he can engage the reader's attention so that he does not perceive the violence that has been done to him.
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A mother only does her children harm if she makes them the only concern of her life.
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If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.
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A good style should show no signs of effort. What is written should seem a happy accident.
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