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To write simply is as difficult as to be good.
W. Somerset Maugham
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W. Somerset Maugham
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: January 1
Died: 1965
Died: January 1
Army Scout
Literary Critic
Novelist
Physician Writer
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A Unitarian very earnestly disbelieves what everyone else believes.
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First, cut out all the wisdom, then cut out all the adjectives.
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