| I don't think you want too much sincerity in society. It would be like an iron girder in a house of cards. |
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- William Somerset Maugham |
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| I don't think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present. |
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- William Somerset Maugham |
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| A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her...but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account. |
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- William Somerset Maugham |
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| In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time. |
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- William Somerset Maugham |
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| People ask for criticism, but they only want praise. |
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- William Somerset Maugham |
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| The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones. |
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- William Somerset Maugham |
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