William Somerset Maugham
English writer
Lived from: 1874 - 1965
Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: United Kingdom
Born: 25 january 1874 Died: 16 december 1965
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It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.
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Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.
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Love is what happens to men and women who don't know each other.
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Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable.
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The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.
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