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- The first rule of life is to reveal nothing, to be exceptionally cautious in what you say, in whatever company you may find yourself. If you have a secret, you have only to whisper it to your dearest friend with the strictest injunction that it will go no further, and within half a day the story is all over town, and when you do make what would seem to be a perfectly sensible remark, you will find it reported in the most grotesque form, thus incurring no end of criticism to rebound upon you.
- Elizabeth Aston, The Darcy Connection, 2008
- One's life is not as fixed as one believes. Surprises may lie in store for you, the unexpected often tends to happen, sometimes bringing in its train the most delightful change in one's life or circumstances.
- Elizabeth Aston, The Darcy Connection, 2008
- I'm the world's least happy atheist. I miss having religious faith, but trying to have it seems like trying to be in love with someone that you're not in love with.
- Lisa Williams, Learning the Lessons of Nixon, 03-29-08
- Charm and nothing but charm at last grows a little tiresome. It's a relief then to deal with a man who isn't quite so delightful but a little more sincere.
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Painted Veil, 1925
- One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one's soul.
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Painted Veil, 1925
- As if a woman ever loved a man for his virtue.
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Painted Veil, 1925
- Tao. Some of us look for the Way in opium and some in God, some of us in whiskey and some in love. It is all the same Way and it leads nowhither.
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Painted Veil, 1925
- There is only one way to win hearts and that is to make oneself like unto those of whom one would be loved.
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Painted Veil, 1925
- Remember that it is nothing to do your duty, that is demanded of you and is no more meritorious than to wash your hands when they are dirty; the only thing that counts is the love of duty; when love and duty are one, then grace is in you and you will enjoy a happiness which passes all understanding.
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Painted Veil, 1925
- The thought manifests as the word;
The word manifests as the deed; The deed develops into habit; And habit hardens into character; So watch the thought and its ways with care, And let it spring from love Born out of concern for all beings⦠As the shadow follows the body, As we think, so we become. - Buddha (563 BC - 483 BC), Dhammapada
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