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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... seemed to me that if I set them down in some sort of order I should see for myself more distinctly what they really were and so might get some kind of coherence into them . I have long thought I should like to make such an attempt and ...
... seemed to me that if I set them down in some sort of order I should see for myself more distinctly what they really were and so might get some kind of coherence into them . I have long thought I should like to make such an attempt and ...
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... seemed to me too gentlemanlike to be very good philosophers and I could not resist the suspicion that sometimes they failed to pursue an argument to its logical conclu- sion for fear of offending the susceptibilities of col- leagues ...
... seemed to me too gentlemanlike to be very good philosophers and I could not resist the suspicion that sometimes they failed to pursue an argument to its logical conclu- sion for fear of offending the susceptibilities of col- leagues ...
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... seemed to me , is merely his effort to attach the prestige of truth to the fictions he has invented to satisfy his self - conceit . lxxvi Beauty stands in a better case . For many years I thought that it was beauty alone that gave ...
... seemed to me , is merely his effort to attach the prestige of truth to the fictions he has invented to satisfy his self - conceit . lxxvi Beauty stands in a better case . For many years I thought that it was beauty alone that gave ...
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