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Autobiography and memoir1 quote
Words have weight, sound, and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to. — W. Somerset Maugham · 1948Comedy (play)1 quote
The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency. — W. Somerset Maugham · 1921