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It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat… — W. Somerset Maugham

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It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.

W. Somerset Maugham
Of Human Bondage · 1915
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Topic
Happiness
Medium
Novel
Time
1915
Person
W. Somerset Maugham
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Current citation
Maugham, William Somerset. Of Human Bondage. Signet, 2007, ch. 122.
Original citation
Maugham, William Somerset. Of Human Bondage. George H. Doran Company, 1915, ch. 122.

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