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"To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life." -
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W. Somerset Maugham
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Top 5 quotes from W. Somerset Maugham
"It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up."
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"To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life."
"Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation."
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"If you have made a mistake, cut your losses as quickly as possible."
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