Somerset Maugham

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    Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother.
    —W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1966)

    Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.
    —W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1966)

    What has influenced my life more than any other single thing has been my stammer. Had I not stammered I would probably ... have gone to Cambridge as my brothers did, perhaps have become a don and every now and then published a dreary book about French literature.
    —W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965)