W(illiam) Somerset Maugham

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"Art for art's sake makes no more sense than gin for gin's sake."	Art
"The value of money is that with it we can tell any man to go to the devil. It is the sixth sense which enables you to enjoy the other five."	Ability, Evil, Good
"The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love."	Age, Excellence, Life
"There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish; to bewail it senseless."	Art, Evil, Good
"[His last words:] Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. My advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it."	Death
"Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames."	Age, Honesty, Love
"The nature of men and women - their essential nature - is so vile and despicable that if you were to portray a person as he really is, no one would believe you."	Ability, Lies, Men
"It is funny about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the very best you will very often get it."	Acceptance, Life
"By the time a man notices that he is no longer young, his youth has long since left him."	Age, Men, Sin
"If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I."	Knowledge, Love, Men
"Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it."	Death
"The unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones."	Evil, Good, Habits
"Tolerance is another word for indifference."	Miscellaneous
"Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit."	Death, Habits
"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."	Acceptance, Life
"I don't know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God."	Knowledge, Religion, Wisdom
"If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will Lose its freedom: and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that, too."	Freedom, Liberty, Money
"We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits."	Friends, Knowledge, Wisdom
"To regard the imagination as metaphysics is to think of it as part of life, and to think of it as part of life is to realize the extent of artifice. We live in the mind."	Art, Imagination, Life
"Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind."	Change, Men
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