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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. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#chance #changed #changing #continue #happy

Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#achieve #continuation #dirty #love is #only

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#belief #common #common belief #contrary #exercise

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#dinner #dinner party #eat #party #should

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#both sides #face #fact #friendships #good

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#deadening #effect #excess #exhilarating #habit

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#about #accept #anything #funny #funny thing

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. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#childish #evil #explanation #ignore #looked

It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#get #i #lovely #pity #such

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#beauty #ecstasy #hunger #like #nothing