Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger.

W Somerset Maugham Quote

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all. - W Somerset Maugham

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English novelist. Lived 1874 - 1965

Born:25th January, 1874
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Starsign: Aquarius

Author Keywords: Novelist, English

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Julien Benda, Thomas Mann, Hans Christian Andersen, Boris Pasternak, Kingsley Amis

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