Somerset Maugham

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

    Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way.
    —W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1966)

    Common-sense appears to be only another name for the thoughtlessness of the unthinking. It is made of the prejudices of childhood, the idiosyncrasies of individual character and the opinion of the newspapers.
    —W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1966)