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139 Quotations of W. Somerset Maugham.
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A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered wi ...2.
A man who is a politician at forty is a statesman at three score and ten. It is ...3.
A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her...but she can never forgive h ...4.
American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women ...5.
An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to ...6.
Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon l ...7.
Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make ep ...8.
Art is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were suppl ...9.
Art, he continued, with a wave of the hand, "is merely the refuge which the inge ...10.
At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not ...11.
Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be s ...12.
Common sense and nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too d ...13.
Common sense appears to be only another name for the thoughtlessness of the unth ...14.
Common-sense appears to be only another name for the thoughtlessness of the unth ...15.
D'you call life a bad job? Never! We've had our ups and downs, we've had our str ...16.
Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't c ...17.
Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing wha ...18.
Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing wha ...19.
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the de ...20.
Few misfortunes can befall a boy which brings worse consequences than to have a ...| Next Page >> |
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