“A man's work reveals him. In social intercourse he gives you the surface that he wishes the world to accept, and you can only gain a true knowledge of him by inferences from little actions, of which he is unconscious,… — W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham Copy Share
“I tried to picture to myself the mosque before the Christians laid their desecrating hands upon it.” — W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham Copy Share Image
“A man's work reveals him. In social intercourse he gives you the surface that he wishes the world to accept, and you can only gain a true knowledge of him by inferences from little actions, of which he is unconscious, and from fleeting expressions, which cross his face unknown to him. Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they… — W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham Copy Share
“To the acute observer no one can produce the most casual work without disclosing the innermost secrets of his soul.” — W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham Copy Share Image
