# Quote — William Somerset Maugham, The Razor's Edge

> The sad Don Quixote of a worthless purpose.

- Author: [William Somerset Maugham](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-somerset-maugham.md)
- Book: [The Razor's Edge](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-somerset-maugham/the-razors-edge.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-somerset-maugham/the-razors-edge/the-sad-don

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> It may be that if I lead the life I've planned for myself it may affect others; the effect may be no greater than the ripple caused by a stone thrown in a pond, but one ripple causes another.

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> Almost all the people who have had most effect on me I seem to have met by chance.

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> He found himself now in the agreeable situation of being able to do what was best for others and at the same time what was convenient to himself.

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