Like all weak men he laid an …
Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one’s mind.
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People ask for criticism, but they only …
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
~ W. Somerset Maugham
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Art is merely the refuge which the …
Art is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were supplied with…
D’you call life a bad job? Never! …
D’you call life a bad job? Never! We’ve had our ups and downs, we’ve had…
Follow your inclinations with due regard to …
Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner.
~ W. Somerset…
He had heard people speak contemptuously of …
He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried…
I daresay one profits more by the …
I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one’s own bat than…
I do not confer praise or blame: …
I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all…
It is an illusion that youth is …
It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost…
It is cruel to discover one’s mediocrity …
It is cruel to discover one’s mediocrity only when it is too late.
~ W.…
It is not wealth one asks for, …
It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one’s dignity, to…
It’s asking a great deal that things …
It’s asking a great deal that things should appeal to your reason as well as…