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Believe Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham
- I cannot believe in a God who has neither humor nor common sense.
- Man has always sacrificed truth to his vanity, comfort and advantage. He lives not by truth but by make-believe.
- It has been said that metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct.
- The nature of men and women - their essential nature - is so vile and despicable that if you were to portray a person as…
- When I was young I had an elderly friend who used often to ask me to stay with him in the country. He was a…
- I do not believe they are right who say that the defects of famous men should be ignored. I think it is better that we…
- Success. I don't believe it has any effect on me. For one thing I always expected it.
- The drama is make-believe. It does not deal with truth but with effect.
- A Unitarian very earnestly disbelieves what everyone else believes.
- If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?
- I did not believe him capable of love. That is an emotion in which tenderness is an essential part, but Strickland had no tenderness either…
- The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.
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- Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger. — Richard Bach
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