"As military regulations state that it is the duty of every to make immediate and strenuous effort to escape, and as e…"

"I had reached shortly after breakfast. Letters of introduction had gone ahead of me, and within three hours I was sip…"

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"I returned to civilian life, agreeing with , that the first duty of a wine was to be red, adding my own corollary tha…"

"I am prepared to believe that a slightly impairs the palate, but think what it does to the soul."

"... I am not a very serious person. I am a storyteller and an entertainer, the direct descendant of those wandering s…"

"... Maugham would not have been the writer he became had his marriage been a success. Nor would Evelyn. He made his f…"

"My friends used to wonder how I could afford to do so much travelling. But actually travel was an economy for me. I d…"

"There comes some time an end to all things, to the good and to the bad."

"”Only the superficial do not judge by appearances," Wilde had said, mocking at society; and he had been right. Life w…"