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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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At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
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Perhaps it would have been possible to see in him a new Prometheus...the hero who for the good of mankind exposes himself to the agonies of the damned...undaunted by failure, by an unceasing effort of courage holding despair at bay, doggedly persistent in the face of self-doubt, which is the artist's bitterest enemy.
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The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.
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Culture is not just an ornament it is the expression of a nation's character, and at the same time it is a powerful instrument to mould character. The end of culture is right living.
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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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Because a man can write great works he is none the less a man.
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Look after your laundry, and your soul will look after itself.
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We who are of mature age seldom suspect how unmercifully and yet with what insight the very young judge us.
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We are like people living in a country whose language they know so little that, with all manner of beautiful and profound things to say, they are condemned to the banalities of the conversation manual. Their brain is seething with ideas, and they can only tell you that the umbrella of the gardener's aunt is in the house.
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The drama is make-believe. It does not deal with truth but with effect.
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Music-hall songs provide the dull with wit, just as proverbs provide them with wisdom.
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The average American can get into the kingdom of heaven much more easily than he can get into the Boulevard St. Germain.
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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There are times when I look over the various parts of my character with perplexity. I recognize that I am made up of several persons and that the person that at the moment has the upper hand will inevitably give place to another. But which is the real one? All of them or none?
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more telling. To know that a thing actually happened gives it a poignancy, touches a chord, which a piece of acknowledged fiction misses. It is to touch this chord that some authors have done everything they could to give you the impression that they are telling the plain truth.
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