About W. Somerset Maugham
1874 – 1965
English playwright and novelist, author of "Of Human Bondage".
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“The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.”
“Old age has its pleasures, which though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.”
“You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.”
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“Why, what is weeping and sighing? A judgement. What is misfortune? A judgement.”
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“Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem—in my opinion—to characterize our age.”