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" Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable. "
W. Somerset Maugham
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" We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person. "
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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. "
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" What has influenced my life more than any other single thing has been my stammer. Had I not stammered I would probably... have gone to Cambridge as my brothers did, perhaps have become a don and every now and then published a dreary book about French literature. "
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" It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, 'I don't know.' "
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" When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character. "
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" Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way. "
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" It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their highest perfection. "
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" Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young. "
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" People ask for criticism, but they only want praise. "
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" I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me. "
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" If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news? "
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" It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour. "
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" The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes. "
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" At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely. "
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" Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it. "
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" Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull. "
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