In business sharp practice sometimes succeeds, but in art honesty is not only the best but the only policy.
("The Razor's Edge")
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There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.W. Somerset Maugham
Impropriety is the soul of wit.
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It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.
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You're beginning to dislike me, aren't you? Well, dislike me. It doesn't make any difference to me now.
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Art is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were supplied with food and women, to escape the tediousness of life.
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Philip got up and knelt down to say his prayers. It was a cold morning, and he shivered a little; but he had been taught by his uncle that his prayers were more acceptable to God if he said them in his nightshirt than if he waited till he was dressed. This did not surprise him, for he was beginning to realize that he was a creature of a God who appreciated the discomfort of his worshippers.
W. Somerset Maugham
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