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Kant thought things, not because they were true, but because he was Kant.
W. Somerset Maugham
Tolerance is only another name for indifference.
W. Somerset Maugham
In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time.
W. Somerset Maugham
Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.
W. Somerset Maugham
The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.
W. Somerset Maugham
What d'you suppose I care if I'm a gentleman or not? If I were a gentleman I shouldn't waste my time with a vulgar slut like you.
W. Somerset Maugham
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I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.
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Most of the power of painting comes through the manipulation of space... but I don't understand that.
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Kant thought things, not because they were true, but because he was Kant.
W. Somerset Maugham
Tolerance is only another name for indifference.
W. Somerset Maugham
In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time.
W. Somerset Maugham
Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.
W. Somerset Maugham
The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.
W. Somerset Maugham
What d'you suppose I care if I'm a gentleman or not? If I were a gentleman I shouldn't waste my time with a vulgar slut like you.
W. Somerset Maugham
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Related Authors: John Webster - John Osborne - Tristan Bernard - Plautus - Graham Greene - Samuel Beckett - Derek Walcott - Euripedes
Based on Topics: Life Quotes, Sadness Quotes
I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.
Earl Weaver
Most of the power of painting comes through the manipulation of space... but I don't understand that.
Jasper Johns