To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM
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W. Somerset Maugham148 quotes“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.”
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