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> [“I wonder if you're not over-sensitive about your misfortune. Has it ever struck you to thank God for it? As long as you accept it rebelliously it can only cause you shame. But if you looked upon it as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham-2/i-wonder-if-you-re-not-over-sensitive-about-your-misfortune-has-it/)

[W Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham-2/)

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## More by W Somerset Maugham

> [You can do anything in this world if you are prepares to take the consequences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham-2/you-can-do-anything-in-this-world-if-you-are-prepares-to-take-the/)

[W Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham-2/)

> [“Her happiness, sometimes almost more than she could bear, renewed her beauty. Just before she married, beginning to lose her first freshness, she had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham-2/her-happiness-sometimes-almost-more-than-she-could-bear-renewed-her/)

[W Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham-2/)

> [“When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most part they deceive themselves. Generally they mean only that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham-2/when-people-say-they-do-not-care-what-others-think-of-them-for-the/)

[W Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham-2/)

> [“He wondered whether he had done right. He was dissatisfied with himself and with all his circumstances. He asked himself dully whether whenever you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham-2/he-wondered-whether-he-had-done-right-he-was-dissatisfied-with/)

[W Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham-2/)

> [When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character. --W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham-2/when-you-choose-your-friends-don-t-be-short-changed-by-choosing/)

[W Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham-2/)

> [“Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham-2/conscience-is-the-inner-voice-which-warns-us-that-someone-may-be/)

[W Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham-2/)

> [“When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most part they deceive themselves. Generally they mean only that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham-2/when-people-say-they-do-not-care-what-others-think-of-them-for-the-3/)

[W Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham-2/)

> [Lady Hodmarsh and the duchess immediately assumedthe clinging affability that persons of rank assume with their inferiors in order to show them that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham-2/lady-hodmarsh-and-the-duchess-immediately-assumedthe-clinging/)

[W Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham-2/)

> [To eat well in England, you should have a breakfast three times a day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham-2/to-eat-well-in-england-you-should-have-a-breakfast-three-times-a-day/)

[W Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham-2/)

> [“Supposing there is no life everlasting. Think what it means if death is really the end of all things. They've given up all for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham-2/supposing-there-is-no-life-everlasting-think-what-it-means-if-death/)

[W Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham-2/)

> [It is funny about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the very best you will very often get it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham-2/it-is-funny-about-life-if-you-refuse-to-accept-anything-but-the-very/)

[W Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham-2/)

> [“I wonder if you're not over-sensitive about your misfortune. Has it ever struck you to thank God for it? As long as you accept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham-2/i-wonder-if-you-re-not-over-sensitive-about-your-misfortune-has-it/)

[W Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham-2/)

> [“...the world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willingly avoids the sight of distress.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham-2/the-world-is-quickly-bored-by-the-recital-of-misfortune-and-willingly/)

[W Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham-2/)

> [“Passion doesn’t count the cost. Pascal said that the heart has its reasons that reason takes no account of. If he meant what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham-2/passion-doesn-t-count-the-cost-pascal-said-that-the-heart-has-its/)

[W Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham-2/)

> [We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham-2/we-are-not-the-same-persons-this-year-as-last-nor-are-those-we-love-2/)

[W Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham-2/)

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