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May Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham
- A woman may be as wicked as she likes, but if she isn't pretty it won't do her much good.
- He is not famous. It may be that he never will be. It may be that when his life at last comes to an end…
- Art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand.
- An art is only great and significant if it is one that all may enjoy. The art of a clique is but a plaything.
- It must be that to govern a nation you need a specific talent and that this may very well exist without general ability.
- The inclination to digress is human. But the dramatist must avoid it even more strenuously than the saint must avoid sin, for while sin may…
- When some incident has shattered the career you’ve mapped out for yourself, a folly, a crime or a misfortune, you mustn’t think you’re down and…
- Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we…
- But there are people who take salt with their coffee. They say it gives a tang, a savour, which is peculiar and fascinating. In the…
- 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…
- I want a girl because I want to bring her up so that she shan't make the mistakes I've made. When I look back upon…
More May Quotes
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- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong