You've been brought up like a gentleman and a Christian, and I should …

W. Somerset Maugham
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You've been brought up like a gentleman and a Christian, and I should be false to the trust laid upon me by your dead father and mother if I allowed you to expose yourself to such temptation.' Well, I know I'm not a Christian and I'm beginning to doubt whether I'm a gentleman,' said Philip. ✨ W. Somerset Maugham (2016). Of Human Bondage (Diversion Classics), p.236, Diversion Books
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