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Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
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It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
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People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), "Of Human Bondage", 1915
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Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
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There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
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Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Moon and Sixpence
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I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Painted Veil, 1925
If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Painted Veil, 1925
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