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Right Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham
- Culture is not just an ornament; it is the expression of a nation's character, and at the same time it is a powerful instrument to…
- I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice.
- 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…
- A writer need not devour a whole sheep in order to know what mutton tastes like, but he must at least eat a chop. Unless…
- When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
- Make him laugh and he will think you a trivial fellow, but bore him in the right way and your reputation is assured.
- Art, unless it leads to right action, is no more than the opium of an intelligentsia.
- Art, if it is to be reckoned as one of the great values of life, must teach man humility, tolerance, wisdom and magnanimity. The value…
- I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient…
- Unfortunately sometimes one can't do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.
- The end of culture is right living
- All the words I use in my stories can be found in the dictionary-it's just a matter of arranging them into the right sentences.
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