Aphorisms by William Somerset Maugham

Novelist and playwright, born sunday january 25, 1874 in Paris (France), died thursday december 16, 1965 in Nice (France)
You can find this author also in Murphy's laws.

An author spends months writing a book, and maybe puts his heart's blood into it, and then it lies about unread till the reader has nothing else in the world to do.
William Somerset Maugham
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    Do you call life a bad job? Never! We've had our ups and downs, we've had our struggles, we've always been poor, but it's been worth it, ay, worth it a hundred times I say when I look round at my children.
    William Somerset Maugham
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      What has influenced my life more than any other single thing has been my stammer. Had I not stammered I would probably have gone to Cambridge as my brothers did, perhaps have become a don and every now and then published a dreary book about French literature.
      William Somerset Maugham
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