153 ordspråk av William Somerset Maugham
William Somerset Maugham
Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad.
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To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all of the miseries of life.
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To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.
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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
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To eat well in England, you should have a breakfast three times a day.
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To write simply is as difficult as to be good
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Tolerance is another word for indifference.
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Tolerance is only another name for indifference
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Tradition is a guide and not a jailer
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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We do not write as we want to but as we can
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We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
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