It is not true that suffering ennobles the character happiness does that sometimes but suffering for the most part makes men petty and vindictive.
Quotes By W. Somerset Maugham
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At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well and talk well but...
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It is not wealth one asks for but just enough to preserve one's dignity to...
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In Hollywood the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple...
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Anyone can tell the truth but only very few of us can make epigrams.
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You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're...
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The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain egotistic and...
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Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature and...
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The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to...
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Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of...
Quotes About Happiness
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In Hollywood if you don't have happiness you send out for it.
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What is the worth of anything But for the happiness 'twill bring?
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There is only one real happiness in life and that is the happiness of...
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The unproductive tillage of human cattle takes that which of right belongs to...
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Purring would seem to be in her case an automatic safety valve device for...
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It is in his knowledge that man has found his greatness and his happiness...
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That action is best which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest...
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It was a joy to be a part of the team that created Round The Horne. I was...