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Home Quotes & Sayings W. Somerset Maugham Quotes (About Defeats, Happiness, Success)

W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: It might be that to surrender to happiness…

It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.

("Of Human Bondage")

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The great critic must be a philosopher, for from philosophy he will learn serenity, impartiality, and the transitoriness of human things.
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Men seek but one thing in life - their pleasure.
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People who ask for your criticism want only praise.
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