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I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#anything #could #i #life #long

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 menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#city #country #darkness #familiar #friendly

Writing is the supreme solace. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#supreme #writing

I would like to thank the people who encouraged me to draw army cartoons at a time when the gag man's conception of the army was one of mean ole sergeants and jeeps which jump over mountains. ↗

— Bill Mauldin

#cartoons #conception #draw #encouraged #gag

I'm the age now that Rock was when he picked me up, so I can understand how he felt - how his fame limited his freedom. You get kinder as you go along. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#along #fame #felt #freedom #get

But everything you do in life has a downside. ↗

— Melissa Auf der Maur

#everything #life #you

This trophy is so special in the world of tennis and it feels great. ↗

— Amelie Mauresmo

#great #special #tennis #trophy #world

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others. ↗

— Francois Mauriac

#love #miracle #others #see #someone

Women want love to be a novel, men a short story. ↗

— Daphne du Maurier

#love #men #novel #short #short story

Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind. ↗

— Daphne du Maurier

#mind #possession #prized #quality #state