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" The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit. "
W. Somerset Maugham
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" Only a mediocre person is always at his best. "
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" Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth. "
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" Have common sense and stick to the point. "
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" I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation. "
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" You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance. "
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" The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill. "
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" You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences. "
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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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" It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up. "
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" No egoism is so insufferable as that of the Christian with regard to his soul. "
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" Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all. "
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" When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character. "
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" Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five. "
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" It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it. "
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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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" The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned. "
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" There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. "
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" Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull. "
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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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" 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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