It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
- W. Somerset Maugham
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- The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
- The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.
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- Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
- The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.
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