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Good Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham
- The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity. The beauty of the morning and the radiance of noon…
- Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and…
- A good style should show no signs of effort. What is written should seem a happy accident.
- A woman may be as wicked as she likes, but if she isn't pretty it won't do her much good.
- Perhaps it would have been possible to see in him a new Prometheus...the hero who for the good of mankind exposes himself to the agonies…
- It needs a good deal of philosophy not to be mortified by the thought of persons who have voluntarily abandoned everything that for the most…
- The good traveler has the gift of surprise.
- Marco Polo tells the tale of The Old Man in the Mountains and how he recruits new members to his Band of Assassins by means…
- A good Havana is one of the best pleasures that I know.
- There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the type…
- It is good to be on your guard against an Englishman who speaks French perfectly; he is very likely to be a card-sharper or an…
- The humorist has a good eye for the humbug; he does not always recognize the saint.
- Our natural egoism leads us to judge people by their relations to ourselves. We want them to be certain things to us, and for us…
- In religion above all things the only thing of use is an objective truth. The only God that is of use is a being who…
- It has been said that good prose should resemble the conversation of a well-bred man.
- A good rule for writers: do not explain overmuch.
- Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.
- An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
- It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only…
- If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?
- There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.
- 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.
- Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains…
- You know, when one's in love,' I said, 'and things go all wrong, one's terribly unhappy and one thinks one won't ever get over it.…
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- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse. — Hannah Arendt
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Good habits formed at youth make all the difference. — Aristotle
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle