“You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.” — W. Somerset Maugham, The Circle
Tag: W. Somerset Maugham
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“It is a funny thing about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.” — W. Somerset Maugham, “The Treasure,” The Mixture As Before
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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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“I’ll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell… their heart’s in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ.” — W. Somerset Maugham, The Summing Up
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“The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.” — W. Somerset Maugham, The Summing Up
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“I have not been afraid of excess: excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.” — W. Somerset Maugham, The Summing Up
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“Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner.” — W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage
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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, Of Human Bondage