It needs a good deal of philosophy not to be mortified by the thought …

W. Somerset Maugham
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It needs a good deal of philosophy not to be mortified by the thought of persons who have voluntarily abandoned everything that for the most of us makes life worth living and are devoid of envy of what they have missed. I have never made up my mind whether they are fools or wise men. ✨ W. Somerset Maugham (1941). the Gentleman in the Parlour
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