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Doe Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham
- The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.
- The humorist has a good eye for the humbug; he does not always recognize the saint.
- The drama is make-believe. It does not deal with truth but with effect.
- It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.
- You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get…
- It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.
- A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her...but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.
- You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action. In France you get freedom of action: you can…
- The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither. We must be very humble. We must…
- There is no cruelty greater than a woman's to a man who loves her and whom she does not love; she has no kindness then,…
- They say a woman always remembers her first lover with affection; but perhaps she does not always remember him.
- It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it is too late. It does not improve the temper.
- It does the heart good to look at you.
- One does not really feel much grief at other people's sorrows; one tries, and puts on a melancholy face, thinking oneself brutal for not caring…
- If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
More Doe Quotes
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Nature does nothing in vain. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does… — Aristotle
- True information does good. — Julian Assange
- I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe… — Dean Acheson
- Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation. — Bashar al-Assad
- No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy… — Francis of Assisi
- Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything… — Francis of Assisi