The Summing UpAutobiographical and confessional, and yet not, this is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo - both a classic avowal of an author's ideas and his craft. |
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But a pleasure is none the less a pleasure because it does not please forever . It is delightful to plunge into cold water on a hot day even ... a part of the pattern I was attempting to draw to experience all the pleasures of sense .
But a pleasure is none the less a pleasure because it does not please forever . It is delightful to plunge into cold water on a hot day even ... a part of the pattern I was attempting to draw to experience all the pleasures of sense .
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Old age has its pleasures , which , though different , are not less than the pleasures of youth . The philosophers have always told us that we are the slaves of our passions , and is it so small a thing to be liberated from their sway ?
Old age has its pleasures , which , though different , are not less than the pleasures of youth . The philosophers have always told us that we are the slaves of our passions , and is it so small a thing to be liberated from their sway ?
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... worse rather , for the drug - fiend at all events does not set himself on a pedestal from which to look down on his fellowmen . The value of art , like the value of the Mystic Way , lies in its effects . If it can only give pleasure ...
... worse rather , for the drug - fiend at all events does not set himself on a pedestal from which to look down on his fellowmen . The value of art , like the value of the Mystic Way , lies in its effects . If it can only give pleasure ...
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| Title | The Summing Up Volume 10 of Collected edition of the works of W. Somerset Maugham Works, William Somerset Maugham |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Arno Press, 1977 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 18 May 2018 |
| ISBN | 0405078307, 9780405078309 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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