W. Somerset Maugham
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Money is like a sixth sense - and you can't make use of the other five without it.
— The New York Times Magazine (October 18, 1958)
William Somerset Maugham [ˈsʌməsɪt mɔːm] (* 25. Januar 1874 in Paris; † 16. Dezember 1965 in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat bei Nizza), auch bekannt als W. Somerset Maugham, war ein englischer Erzähler und Dramatiker. Er zählt zu den meistgelesenen englischsprachigen Autoren des 20. Jahrhunderts.
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Money is like a sixth sense - and you can't make use of the other five without it.
It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.
The trouble with our younger authors is that they are all in the sixties.
Now the world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.
He knew that women appreciated neither irony nor sarcasm, but simple jokes and funny stories. He was amply provided with both.
Die sechs Teilsignale hinter dem Fame-Score und ihre Ränge in den Ranglisten.
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