"At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely."
-W. Somerset Maugham
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"It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent."
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"Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams."
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"You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputation for cynicism."
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"The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind."
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