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It must be a fault in me that I am not gravely shocked at the sins of others unless they personally affect me.

It must be a fault in me that I am not gravely shocked at the sins of others unless they personally affect me.

W. Somerset Maugham
Faults, Sin, Shocked
W. Somerset Maugham (1954). “Mr. Maugham Himself”

The inclination to digress is human. But the dramatist must avoid it even more strenuously than the saint must avoid sin, for while sin may be venial, digression is mortal.

W. Somerset Maugham
Saint, May, Sin
W. Somerset Maugham (1954). “Mr. Maugham Himself”

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