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It has been said that metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct.

It has been said that metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct.

W. Somerset Maugham
Philosophy, Believe, Reason

It needs a good deal of philosophy not to be mortified by the thought of persons who have voluntarily abandoned everything that for the most of us makes life worth living and are devoid of envy of what they have missed. I have never made up my mind whether they are fools or wise men.

W. Somerset Maugham
Wise, Philosophy, Men
W. Somerset Maugham (1941). “the Gentleman in the Parlour”

The great critic … must be a philosopher, for from philosophy he will learn serenity, impartiality, and the transitoriness of human things.

W. Somerset Maugham
Philosophy, Serenity, Philosopher
W. Somerset Maugham (1954). “Mr. Maugham Himself”

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