Life Quote by W. Somerset Maugham

“You must know what life is. One can do no good by shutting one's eyes to everything that doesn't square with a shoddy, false ideal.” quote by W. Somerset Maugham — Download Open image

““You must know what life is. One can do no good by shutting one's eyes to everything that doesn't square with a shoddy, false ideal.””

W. Somerset Maugham

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