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Home Quotes & Sayings W. Somerset Maugham Quotes (About Beauty, Design, Idea, Joy & Excitement, Life, Pain, Pleasure, Unhappiness)

W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: But Philip was impatient with himself; he called…

But Philip was impatient with himself; he called to mind his idea of the pattern of life: the unhappiness he had suffered was no more than part of a decoration which was elaborate and beautiful; he told himself strenuously that he must accept with gaiety everything, dreariness and excitement, pleasure and pain, because it added to the richness of the design.

("Of Human Bondage")

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Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
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The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.
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Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
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She had no mercy. He looked at her neck and thought how he would like to jab it with the knife he had for his muffin. He knew enough anatomy to make pretty certain of getting the carotid artery. And at the same time he wanted to cover her pale, thin face with kisses.
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The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
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We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.
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