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Words have weight, sound and appearance it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to.
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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What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed to keep them?
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It is bad enough to know the past it would be intolerable to know the future.
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Self-control might be as passionate and as active as the surrender to passion.
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