Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it. - Quotes, Quotations & Sayings by W. Somerset Maugham

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Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it.

topics: Death keywords: advice, affair, death, dreary, dull, nothing, very , whatsoever

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W. Somerset Maugham

Date of birth: 1874-01-25

Date of death: 1965-12-16

Quotes number: 88

Nationality: British

Profession: Playwright

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