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William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)Novelist, playwright, and short-story writer, born in Paris. Orphaned at 10, he studied at Canterbury and Heidelberg, qualifying as a surgeon at St Thomas's Hospital, London, England, UK. His first novel, Liza of Lambeth (1897), was a minor success, and he turned to writing full-time. Four of his plays ran simultaneously in London in 1908, and he wrote many others, notably The Moon and Sixpence (1919), The Circle (1921), East of Suez (1922), and Cakes and Ale (1930). His novels include the semi-autobiographical Of Human Bondage (1915). He is best known for his short stories, particularly Rain, originally published in the collection, The Trembling of a Leaf (1921). The Complete Short Stories (3 vols) was published in 1951. |
| 人類對於他們在自然界的定位有非常錯誤的想法；而且該錯誤是根深蒂固的 |
| 愛只是施加在我們身上以實現傳宗接代的卑鄙行為 |
| 愛情，是一種發生在彼此不認識的男人和女人之間的東西 |
| 穿著得體的人是你從未注意到他的衣服的人。 |