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Music-hall songs provide the dull with wit, just as proverbs provide them with wisdom.
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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A state of reverie does not avoid reality, it accedes to reality.
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Culture is not just an ornament it is the expression of a nation's character, and at the same time it is a powerful instrument to mould character. The end of culture is right living.
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It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.
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