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Something Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham
- Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of the world in the torment of his soul.
- 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…
- When things are at their worst, I find something always happens.
- 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…
- Why should you think that beauty, which is the most precious thing in the world, lies like a stone on the beach for the careless…
- It must be that there is something naturally absurd in a sincere emotion, though why there should be I cannot imagine, unless it is that…
- If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.
- The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.
- Life wouldn’t be worth living if I worried over the future as well as the present. When things are at their worst I find something…
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