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Say Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham
- 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…
- Most people are such fools that it is really no great compliment to say that someone is above the average.
- In heaven, when the blessed use the telephone they will say what they have to say and not a word besides.
- 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…
- It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, 'I don't know.'
- 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…
- 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…
- I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't.
- When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most part they deceive themselves. Generally they mean only that they…
- They say a woman always remembers her first lover with affection; but perhaps she does not always remember him.
- If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.
- If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
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