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People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.

Author: William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) | Theme: Eulogy | Clicks: 0 | Rank: 0 | Fav

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

Author: William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) | Theme: Opinion | Clicks: 96 | Rank: 0 | Fav

The crown of literature is poetry.

Author: William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) | Theme: Poetry | Clicks: 307 | Rank: 0 | Fav

The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.

Author: William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) | Theme: Beauty | Clicks: 439 | Rank: 10.00 | Fav

The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.

Author: William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) | Theme: World | Clicks: 79 | Rank: 0 | Fav

The writer is more concerned to know than to judge.

Author: William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) | Theme: Literature | Clicks: 84 | Rank: 0 | Fav

The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes.

Author: William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) | Theme: Literature | Clicks: 84 | Rank: 0 | Fav

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.

Author: William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) | Theme: Literature | Clicks: 80 | Rank: 0 | Fav

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.

Author: William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) | Theme: Time | Clicks: 98 | Rank: 0 | Fav

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.

Author: William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) | Theme: Humor | Clicks: 89 | Rank: 0 | Fav

You can do anything in this world if you are prepares to take the consequences.

Author: William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) | Theme: Opinion | Clicks: 178 | Rank: 10.00 | Fav

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