It must be that there is something naturally absurd in a sincere emoti…

W. Somerset Maugham
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It must be that there is something naturally absurd in a sincere emotion, though why there should be I cannot imagine, unless it is that man, the ephemeral inhabitant of an insignificant planet, with all his pain and all his striving is but a jest in an eternal mind. ✨ W. Somerset Maugham (2010). Cakes And Ale, p.131, Random House
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