“Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way.” — W. Somerset Maugham, A Writers Notebook
Tag: A Writer’s Notebook
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“Half the difficulties of man, half the uncertainties, lie in his desire to answer every question with Yes or No. Yes or No may neither of them be the answer; each side may have in it some Yes and some No.” — W. Somerset Maugham, A Writers Notebook
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“It is a false idea of virtue which thinks it demands the sacrifice of inclination and consists only in this sacrifice. An action is not virtuous merely because it is unpleasant to do.” — W. Somerset Maugham, A Writers Notebook
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“People are never so ready to believe you as when you say things in dispraise of yourself; and you are never so much annoyed as when they take you at your word.” — W. Somerset Maugham, A Writers Notebook
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“Good luck always brings merit, but merit very seldom brings good luck.” — W. Somerset Maugham, A Writers Notebook
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“Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable.” — W. Somerset Maugham, A Writer’s Notebook
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“At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.” — W. Somerset Maugham, A Writer’s Notebook
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“Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.” — W. Somerset Maugham, A Writer’s Notebook
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“Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better for the world if they talked more and did less.” — W. Somerset Maugham, A Writer’s Notebook
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