The rain fell alike upon the just and upon the unjust, and for nothing…

W. Somerset Maugham
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The rain fell alike upon the just and upon the unjust, and for nothing was there a why and a wherefore. ✨ W. Somerset Maugham (2016). Of Human Bondage (Diversion Classics), p.732, Diversion Books
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