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Sometimes Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham
- Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs.
- Perhaps some deep-rooted atavism urges the wanderer back to lands which his ancestors left in the dim beginnings of history. Sometimes a man hits upon…
- I travel because I like to move from place to place, I enjoy the sense of freedom it gives me, it pleases me to be…
- The spirit is often most free when the body is satiated with pleasure; indeed, sometimes the stars shine more brightly seen from the gutter than…
- You Europeans know nothing about America. Because we amass large fortunes you think we care for nothing but money. We are nothing for it; the…
- It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.
- In business sharp practice sometimes succeeds, but in art honesty is not only the best but the only policy.
- Unfortunately sometimes one can't do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.
- This love was a torment, and he resented bitterly the subjugation in which it held him; he was a prisoner and he longed for freedom.…
- If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself.
- Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.
- She could not admit but that he had remarkable qualities, sometimes she thought that there was even in him a strange and unattractive greatness; it…
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- Yeah, I know, some people are against drunk driving, and I call those people 'the cops.' But you know, sometimes, you've just… — Dave Attell
- The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair. — Chinua Achebe
- Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. — Jane Austen
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- If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters are sometimes more real than people with… — Richard Bach