The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is s…

W. Somerset Maugham
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The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger. ✨ Ten Novels and Their Authors. Book by W. Somerset Maugham, 1948.
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