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And I have the sunset, and the Tuscan wine, and the white teeth of the women in Rome. I am a traveler in Romance.

W. Somerset Maugham

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W. Somerset Maugham
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: January 1
Died: 1965
Died: January 1
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