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W. Somerset Maugham Quotes: Now the answer ... is plain, but it is so unpalatable that most men will not face it. There is no reason for life and life has no meaning.
         

Now the answer ... is plain, but it is so unpalatable that most men will not face it. There is no reason for life and life has no meaning.


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