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Of Human Bondage

W. Somerset Maugham

Start date: November 1, 2024

Finish date: December 1, 2024

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May 08, 2013 Laura rated it it was amazing

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Chapter XXIII:
You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action. In France you get freedom of action: you can do what you like and nobody bothers, but you must think like everybody else. In Germany you must do what everybody else does, but you may think as you choose. They're both very good things. I personally prefer freedom of thought. But in England you get neither: you're ground down by convention. You can't thi ...more

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Feb 16, 2010 Ken marked it as classics-read-long-ago

Ate it up, once upon a time.

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Aug 03, 2012 Cheryl rated it did not like it

Oh, good lord. Another book that I tried. I tried *so* hard. I couldn't do it. There are other books that I want to get to before I die.

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