The Summing UpThis 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
... deal about human 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 ...
... deal about human 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 ...
Page 157
... deal with , for he can only show this by speech , and it is impossible to portray people of any subtlety of mind or intricacy of emotion when his dialogue is but a sort of spoken hieroglyph . He is insensibly led to choose as his ...
... deal with , for he can only show this by speech , and it is impossible to portray people of any subtlety of mind or intricacy of emotion when his dialogue is but a sort of spoken hieroglyph . He is insensibly led to choose as his ...
Page 299
... deal to do with the sexual instinct seems to be shown by the fact , commonly admitted , that those who possess an æsthetic sense of unusual delicacy diverge sexually from the norm to an extreme and often pathological degree . There may ...
... deal to do with the sexual instinct seems to be shown by the fact , commonly admitted , that those who possess an æsthetic sense of unusual delicacy diverge sexually from the norm to an extreme and often pathological degree . There may ...
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