A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn’t want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.
~W. Somerset Maugham
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Excess on occasion is exhilirating. It prevents mod,eration from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
~ W. Somerset Maugham
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
– W S Maugham
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Love is only the dirty trick played on us to achieve the continuation of the species.
– W S Maugham
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Loving-kindness is the better part of goodness.
– W Somerset Maugham
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Man has always sacrificed truth to his vanity, comfort and advantage. He lives… by make-believe.
~W. Somerset Maugham
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Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.
– W Somerset Maugham
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Most people cannot see anything, but I can see what is in front of my nose with extreme clearness; the greatest writers can see through a brick wall. My vision is not so penetrating.
– Maugham
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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
– W. Somerset Maugham
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Tolerance is only another name for indifference.
– W. Somerset Maugham
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We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.
~ W. Somerset Maugham