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.

Quote by W -Somerset Maugham

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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.

When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.

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

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

The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.

The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.

Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual...

Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual...

The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes.

The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes.

Love is what happens to a man and woman who don't know each other.

Love is what happens to a man and woman who don't know each other.

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

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

To eat well in England, you should have a breakfast three times a day.

To eat well in England, you should have a breakfast three times a day.

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.

We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.

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

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

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to...

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to...

Writing is the supreme solace.

Writing is the supreme solace.

Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the...

Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the...

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the...

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the...

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this,...

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this,...