W. Somerset Maugham - Woman Quotes

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There is no cruelty greater than a woman's to a man who loves her and whom she does not love; she has no kindness then, no tolerance even, she has only an insane irritation.

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A woman may be as wicked as she likes, but if she isn't pretty it won't do her much good.

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If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault, not hers.

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When a woman loves you she's not satisfied until she possesses your soul. Because she's weak, she has a rage for domination, and nothing less will satisfy her.

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A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her... but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.

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They say a woman always remembers her first lover with affection; but perhaps she does not always remember him.

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She's wonderful. Tell her I've never seen such beautiful hands. I wonder what she sees in you. Waddington, smiling, translated the question. She says I'm good. As if a woman ever loved a man for his virtue, Kitty mocked.

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I prefer a loose woman to a selfish one and a wanton to a fool.

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The tragedy of love is not death or separation. How long do you think it would have been before one or other of them ceased to care? Oh, it is dreadfully bitter to look at a woman whom you have loved with all your heart and soul, so that you felt you could not bear to let her out of your sight, and realize that you would not mind if you never saw her again. The tragedy of love is indifference.

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A woman will always sacrifice herself if you give her the opportunity. It is her favourite form of self-indulgence.

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I have always been convinced that if a woman once made up her mind to marry a man nothing but instant flight could save him.

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No man in his heart is quite so cynical as a well-bred woman.

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It takes two to make a love affair and a mans meat is too often a woman's poison.

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When a man's in love, he at once makes a pedestal of the Ten Commandments and stands on the top of them with his arms akimbo. When a woman's in love she doesn't care two straws for Thou Shalt and Thou Shalt Not.

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