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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... instinct and when I know a thing never feel in myself the desire to impart it to others . I do not much care if people agree with me . Of course I think I am right , otherwise I should not think as I do , and they are wrong , but it ...
... instinct and when I know a thing never feel in myself the desire to impart it to others . I do not much care if people agree with me . Of course I think I am right , otherwise I should not think as I do , and they are wrong , but it ...
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William Somerset Maugham. man is capable . It appealed to my dramatic instinct . It excited the novelist in me . Even now that forty years have passed I can remember certain people so exactly that I could draw a picture of them . Phrases ...
William Somerset Maugham. man is capable . It appealed to my dramatic instinct . It excited the novelist in me . Even now that forty years have passed I can remember certain people so exactly that I could draw a picture of them . Phrases ...
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... instinct of self - assertion , they will exercise it at the expense of others ' happiness . In short , so long as man is man he must be prepared to face all the woes that he can bear . There is no explanation for evil . It must be ...
... instinct of self - assertion , they will exercise it at the expense of others ' happiness . In short , so long as man is man he must be prepared to face all the woes that he can bear . There is no explanation for evil . It must be ...
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