Somerset Maugham

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    Habits in writing as in life are only useful if they are broken as soon as they cease to be advantageous.
    —W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965)

    There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.
    —W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965)

    Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.
    —W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965)