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Man's desire for the approval ...

Man's desire for the approval of his fellows is so strong, his dread of their censure so violent, that he himself has brought his enemy (conscience) within his gates; and it keeps watch over him, vigilant always in the interests of its master to crush any half-formed desire to break away from the herd.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

Nothing more predisposes someo...

Nothing more predisposes someone in our favour than to let him rob you a little.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

What do we any of us have but ...

What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed to keep them?

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

One does not really feel much ...

One does not really feel much grief at other people's sorrows; one tries, and puts on a melancholy face, thinking oneself brutal for not caring more; but one cannot and it is better, for if one grieved too deeply at other people's tears, life would be unendurable; and every man has sufficient sorrows of his own without taking to heart his neighbour's.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

..as the cosmos are in place, ...

..as the cosmos are in place, so be it with your life...

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

Any society that values wealth...

Any society that values wealth above freedom will lose its freedom, and will ultimately lose its wealth as well

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

She's wonderful. Tell her I've...

She's wonderful. Tell her I've never seen such beautiful hands. I wonder what she sees in you.Ђќ Waddington, smiling, translated the question. 'She says I'm good.Ђќ 'As if a woman ever loved a man for his virtue,Ђќ Kitty mocked.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

There in the mist, enormous, m...

There in the mist, enormous, majestic, silent and terrible, stood the Great Wall of China. Solitarily, with the indifference of nature herself, it crept up the mountain side and slipped down to the depth of the valley.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

When he sacrifices himself man...

When he sacrifices himself man for a moment is greater than God, for how can God, infinite and omnipotent, sacrifice himself?

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

The well dressed man is he who...

The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

The novel may stimulate you to...

The novel may stimulate you to think. It may satisfy your aesthetic sense. It may arouse your moral emotions. But if it does not entertain you it is a bad novel.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

Advice to first year medical s...

Advice to first year medical students: In anatomy, it is better to have learned and lost than never to have learned at all.

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Art is a manifestation of emot...

Art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

When you're eighteen your emot...

When you're eighteen your emotions are violent, but they're not durable.

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There is nothing so terrible a...

There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

A soul is a troublesome posses...

A soul is a troublesome possession, and when man developed it he lost the Garden of Eden.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

There is a sort of man who pay...

There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the type that most often writes about himself.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

I've met so many people, often...

I've met so many people, often the scum of the earth, and found them, you know, quite decent. I am an uncomfortable stranger to moral indignation.

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It is unfair to expect a polit...

It is unfair to expect a politician to live in private up to the statements he makes in public.

William Somerset Maugham 606 quotes

For if the proper study of man...

For if the proper study of mankind is man, it is evidently more sensible to occupy yourself with the coherent, substantial and significant creatures of fiction than with the irrational and shadowy figures of real life.

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