W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

I've met so many people, often the scum of the earth, and found them, you know, quite decent. I am an uncomfortable stranger to moral indignation.

W. Somerset Maugham

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  W. Somerset Maugham
  • People
  • Earth
  • Moral