The writer is more concerned to know than to judge. ✨ W. Somerset Maug…

W. Somerset Maugham
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The writer is more concerned to know than to judge. ✨ W. Somerset Maugham (2014). The Great Novels and Short Stories of Somerset Maugham: One of the Finest Writers of Short Stories Who Ever Lived, p.328, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
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The writer is more concerned to know than to judge. ✨ W. Somerset Maugham (2014). The Great Novels and Short Stories of Somerset Maugham: One of the Finest Writers of Short Stories Who Ever Lived, p.328, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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