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Than Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham
- If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or…
- An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
- Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
- I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.
- Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.
- We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.
- Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.
- I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.
- It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.
- It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.
- The writer is more concerned to know than to judge.
- What has influenced my life more than any other single thing has been my stammer. Had I not stammered I would probably... have gone to…
- Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon lose its freedom; and the ironical thing about it is…
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