A quotation from Maugham, W. Somerset:

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There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the type that most often writes about himself.
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The Summing Up, ch. 4 (1938) - Maugham, W. Somerset | WIST Quotations

There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the type that most often writes about himself.

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