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Kant thought things, not becau...

Kant thought things, not because they were true, but because he was Kant.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

I have an idea that the only t...

I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which now and then men create out of the chaos. The pictures they paint, the music they compose, the books they write, and the lives they lead. Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

It was like making a blunder a...

It was like making a blunder at a party; there was nothing to do about it, it was dreadfully mortifying, but it showed a lack of sense to ascribe too much importance to it.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

She was a fool and he knew it ...

She was a fool and he knew it and because he loved her it had made no difference.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

She could not admit but that h...

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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I know that you're selfish, se...

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.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

One can be very much in love w...

One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one's life with her.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

How can I be reasonable? To me...

How can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realize that to you it was only an episode.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

If a man hasn't what's necessa...

If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault, not hers.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

But Philip was impatient with ...

But Philip was impatient with himself; he called to mind his idea of the pattern of life: the unhappiness he had suffered was no more than part of a decoration which was elaborate and beautiful; he told himself strenuously that he must accept with gaiety everything, dreariness and excitement, pleasure and pain, because it added to the richness of the design.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

Why did you look at the sunset...

Why did you look at the sunset?' Philip answered with his mouth full: Because I was happy.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

You know, the Philistines have...

You know, the Philistines have long since discarded the rack and stake as a means of suppressing the opinions they feared: they've discovered a much more deadly weapon of destruction -- the wisecrack.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

But the only important thing i...

But the only important thing in a book is the meaning it has for you; it may have other and much more profound meanings for the critic, but at second-hand they can be of small service to you.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as...

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

No woman is worth more than a ...

No woman is worth more than a fiver unless you're in love with her. Then she's worth all she costs you.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

Women's hearts are like old ch...

Women's hearts are like old china, none the worse for a break or two.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

The first duty of a woman is t...

The first duty of a woman is to be pretty, the second is to be well-groomed, and the third is never to contradict.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

A woman may be as wicked as sh...

A woman may be as wicked as she likes, but if she isn't pretty it won't do her much good.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

'Do you like card tricks?' ...

'Do you like card tricks?' 'No, I hate card tricks,' I answered. 'Well, I`ll just show you this one.' He showed me three.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

Art is merely the refuge which...

Art is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were supplied with food and women, to escape the tediousness of life.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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