By the time I was twenty-four I had constructed a complete system of philosophy. It rested on two principles… — William Somerset Maugham
By the time I was twenty-four I had constructed a complete system of philosophy. It rested on two principles: The Relativity of Things and The Circumferentiality of Man. I have since discovered that the first was not a very original discovery. It may be that the other was profound, but though I have racked my brains I cannot for the life of me remember what it was.
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