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 139
... feeling that it was worth while , and the man who has done it feels even a certain pride in the fact ; in England he will be thought and will think himself a damned fool . That is why Antony and Cleopatra has always been the least ...
... feeling that it was worth while , and the man who has done it feels even a certain pride in the fact ; in England he will be thought and will think himself a damned fool . That is why Antony and Cleopatra has always been the least ...
Page 177
... feeling that to write or to paint is not a man's work , and the social force of this keeps many from entering the ... feels is significant to his purpose and , consciously or unconsciously , he is forever stor- ing and making over his ...
... feeling that to write or to paint is not a man's work , and the social force of this keeps many from entering the ... feels is significant to his purpose and , consciously or unconsciously , he is forever stor- ing and making over his ...
Page 202
... feelings of any traveller interested in art and curious to see what he could of the manners of a strange people whose ... feeling . This was free- dom of the spirit on the one hand , and on the other , the collection of all manner of ...
... feelings of any traveller interested in art and curious to see what he could of the manners of a strange people whose ... feeling . This was free- dom of the spirit on the one hand , and on the other , the collection of all manner of ...
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