We who are of mature age seldom suspect how unmercifully and yet with …

W. Somerset Maugham
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We who are of mature age seldom suspect how unmercifully and yet with what insight the very young judge us. ✨ W. Somerset Maugham (2008). The Razor's Edge, p.26, Random House
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