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Common sense and nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult.
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
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I never met an author who admitted that people did not buy his book because it was dull.
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A state of reverie does not avoid reality, it accedes to reality.
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He did not care upon what terms he satisfied his passion. He had even a mad, melodramatic idea to drug her.
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Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.
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The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.
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