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Home Quotes & Sayings W. Somerset Maugham Quotes (About Art, Life, Woman)

W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: Art is merely the refuge which the ingenious…

Art is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were supplied with food and women, to escape the tediousness of life.

("Of Human Bondage")

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No egoism is so insufferable as that of the Christian with regard to his soul.
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A thing that had always struck her about the child was that he seemed so collected. She had never seen him cry. And now she realized that his calmness was some instinctive shame of showing his feelings; he hid himself to weep.
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You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.
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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.
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He exulted in the possession of himself once more; he realized how much of the delight of the world he had lost when he was absorbed in that madness which they called love; he had had enough of it; he did not want to be in love anymore if love was that.
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It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.
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