Quotes From "Collected Short Stories: Volume 1" By W. Somerset Maugham

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...her very kindness was cruel because it was founded not on love but on reason... W. Somerset Maugham
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We can only guess at the thoughts and emotions of our neighbors. Each one of us is a prisoner in a solitary tower and he communicates with the other prisoners, who form mankind, by conventional signs that have not quite the same meaning for them as for himself. W. Somerset Maugham
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I do not like these painted faces that look all alike; and I think women are foolish to dull their expression and obscure their personality with powder, rouge, and lipstick. W. Somerset Maugham
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I do not believe that I am a vindictive man, but when the immortal gods take a hand in the matter it is pardonable to observe the results with complacency. W. Somerset Maugham