The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1This book represents Maugham's life and philosophy in his own words. It is autobiographical in nature, though most of the work is concerned with Maugham's unique and fascinating opinions on the theatre, writing, metaphysics and the interesting people he encountered in his long and successful career. |
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Page 64
... nature in a solicitor's office ; but there on the whole you have to deal with men in full control of themselves . They lie perhaps as much as they lie to the doctor , but they lie more consistently , and it may be that for the solicitor ...
... nature in a solicitor's office ; but there on the whole you have to deal with men in full control of themselves . They lie perhaps as much as they lie to the doctor , but they lie more consistently , and it may be that for the solicitor ...
Page 76
... nature of his readers and they will lead with him a life of the spirit that satisfies them better than the life circumstances have forced on them . But there are others to whom this idiosyncrasy does not appeal . They have no patience ...
... nature of his readers and they will lead with him a life of the spirit that satisfies them better than the life circumstances have forced on them . But there are others to whom this idiosyncrasy does not appeal . They have no patience ...
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... nature is such that it falters sometimes when it is bidden to take the broadest of all surveys of human nature . It will shrink from the splendour of Tolstoi's War and Peace to turn with complacency to Vol- taire's Candide . It would be ...
... nature is such that it falters sometimes when it is bidden to take the broadest of all surveys of human nature . It will shrink from the splendour of Tolstoi's War and Peace to turn with complacency to Vol- taire's Candide . It would be ...
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