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

#belief #common #common belief #contrary #exercise

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

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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 wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, 'I don't know.' ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#easy #how #i #know #late

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

Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#because #long #old #old age #ready

The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#their #trouble #writers #young

The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress. ↗