37 Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham about Men

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    How silly men were! Their part in procreation was so unimportant; it was the woman who carried the child through long months of uneasiness and bore it with pain, and yet a man because of his momentary connection made such preposterous claims. Why should that make any difference to him in his feelings towards the child?

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    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.

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    Art, if it is to be reckoned as one of the great values of life, must teach man humility, tolerance, wisdom and magnanimity. The value of art is not beauty, but right action.

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    Evil can be condoned only if in the beyond it is compensated by good and god himself needs immortality to vindicate his ways to man.

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    There are many foolish people in the world and when a man in a rather high position puts on no frills, slaps them on the back, and tells them he'll do anything in the world for them, they are very likely to think him clever.

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