It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.
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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
Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved.
W. Somerset Maugham
From the earliest times the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser than they, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture.
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It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable.
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