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Scrupulously

  • Writer: John Service
    John Service
  • Dec 22, 2024
  • 1 min read

Updated: Jan 30

I forget who it was that recommended men for their soul's good to do each day two things they disliked: it was a wise man, and it is a precept that I have followed scrupulously; for every day I have got up and I have gone to bed.


The Moon and Sixpence, Somerset Maugham, William Heineman Ltd, 1919

 
 
 

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