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Letter "W" » William Somerset Maugham Quotes
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«The value of art is not beauty, but right action»
«I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.»
«Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the dead because they have ceased to exist.»
«No egoism is so insufferable as that of the Christian with regard to his soul.»
Author: William Somerset Maugham
(Novelist, Playwright, Writer)
| Keywords:
egoism, insufferable, regard to, with regard to
«It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.»
Author: William Somerset Maugham
(Novelist, Playwright, Writer)
| Keywords:
disillusion, disillusioned, scenes
«A dictator must fool all the people all the time and there's only one way to do that, he must also fool himself.»
«Man has always sacrificed truth to his vanity, comfort and advantage. He lives by make-believe.»
«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.»
Author: William Somerset Maugham
(Novelist, Playwright, Writer)
| Keywords:
inefficient, in a nutshell, nutshell, organ
«Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way»
Author: William Somerset Maugham
(Novelist, Playwright, Writer)
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Sentimentality
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sentimentality
«It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say 'I don't know'»
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