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"It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it." -
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W. Somerset Maugham
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Top 5 quotes from W. Somerset Maugham
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"Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five."
"The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind."
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