More from William Somerset Maugham

  1. The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.
  2. Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable.
  3. Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better for the world if they talked more and did …
  4. Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother.
  5. The sad Don Quixote of a worthless purpose. - p.198
  6. There is no object to life. To nature nothing matters but the continuation of the species.
  7. '...religion is...a conspiracy of...priests to gain control over the people...' - p.192
  8. In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menaci…

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