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 49
... live haphazard lives subject to the varying winds of fortune . Many are forced by the situation in which they were born and the necessity of earning a living to keep to a straight and narrow road in which there is no possibility of ...
... live haphazard lives subject to the varying winds of fortune . Many are forced by the situation in which they were born and the necessity of earning a living to keep to a straight and narrow road in which there is no possibility of ...
Page 232
... live in it , in such a condition of unrest and wretchedness as it has not often been in before . For me the question has had a special import for I have never wished to be noth- ing but a writer ; I have wished to live life com- pletely ...
... live in it , in such a condition of unrest and wretchedness as it has not often been in before . For me the question has had a special import for I have never wished to be noth- ing but a writer ; I have wished to live life com- pletely ...
Page 284
... live seems frightful to us who value it ; but it does not seem so to the very poor . They hate to be alone ; it gives them a sense of security to live in company . No one who has dwelt among them can fail to have noticed how little they ...
... live seems frightful to us who value it ; but it does not seem so to the very poor . They hate to be alone ; it gives them a sense of security to live in company . No one who has dwelt among them can fail to have noticed how little they ...
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