W. Somerset Maugham

There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#life

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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How can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realize that to you it was only an episode. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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He did not care if she was heartless, vicious and vulgar, stupid and grasping, he loved her. He would rather have misery with one than happiness with the other. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#misery #obsession #romance #love

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault, not hers. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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Oh, it's always the same,' she sighed, 'if you want men to behave well to you, you must be beastly to them; if you treat them decently they make you suffer for it. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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