In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time. — W. Somerset Maugham
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W. Somerset Maugham : British Playwright
Born: January 25, 1874
Died: December 16, 1965
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. …
When you’re playing the same dirty dozen night after night, …
Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I…
To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the gen…
When you start hiding things away, that’s when the darkness …
Education is the movement from darkness to light. Allan Bloo…
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. …
When you’re playing the same dirty dozen night after night, …
Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I…
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I…
To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the gen…
Man dies of cold, not of darkness. Miguel de Unamuno…
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wonderi…
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing wit…
Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself. Desid…
When you start hiding things away, that’s when the darkness …
Well, darkness with humor… I’m not an extremely suicidal o…
Education is the movement from darkness to light. Allan Bloo…
By appreciating the darkness when you design the light, you …
To send light into the darkness of men’s hearts – such is th…
We went into darkness after being in daylight the whole time…
Once I knew only darkness and stillness… my life was witho…
I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in ou…
I saw also that there was an ocean of darkness and death, bu…
If you’re playing a good guy, you show some darkness. If you…
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