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Make him laugh and he will think you a trivial fellow, but bore him in the right way and your reputation is assured.

W. Somerset Maugham
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W. Somerset Maugham (1941). “the Gentleman in the Parlour”
Make him laugh and he will think you a trivial fellow, but bore him in the right way and your reputation is assured.