Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed t…

W. Somerset Maugham
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Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem. ✨ W. Somerset Maugham (2013). The Essential W. Somerset Maugham Collection, p.1397, eBookIt.com
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Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem. ✨ W. Somerset Maugham (2013). The Essential W. Somerset Maugham Collection, p.1397, eBookIt.com

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