“Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.”
— W. Somerset Maugham
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Any nation that thinks more of its
“Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon lose its freedom; and the ironical thing about it is that it will lose its ease and comfort too.”
— W. Somerset Maugham
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
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The crown of literature is poetry.
“The crown of literature is poetry.”
— W. Somerset Maugham
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
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The common idea that success spoils people
“The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.”
— W. Somerset Maugham
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
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It is not True that suffering ennobles
“It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.”
— W. Somerset Maugham
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Every production of an artist should be
“Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.”
— W. Somerset Maugham
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If a nation values anything more than
“If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.”
— W. Somerset Maugham
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An unfortunate thing about this world is
“An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.”
— W. Somerset Maugham
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Money is the string with which a
“Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.”
— W. Somerset Maugham
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
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It is well known that Beauty does
“It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.”
— W. Somerset Maugham
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If a nation values anything more than
“If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.”
— W. Somerset Maugham
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
Category: freedom
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