“A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her,” he said, “but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.”

— W. Somerset Maugham , book The Moon and Sixpence

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 41, p. 142

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British playwright, novelist, short story writer 1874–1965

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