W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

They Ordered Punch. They Drank It. It Was Hot Rum Punch. The Pen Falters When It Attempts To Treat Of The Excellence Thereof; The Sober Vocabulary, The Sparse Epithet Of This Narrative, Are Inadequate To The Task; And Pompous Term, Jewelled, Exotic Phrases Rise To The Excited Fancy. It Warmed The Blood And Cleared The Head; It Filled The Soul With Well-being; It Disposed The Mind At Once To Utter Wit, And To Appreciate The Wit Of Others; It Had The Vagueness Of Music And The Precision Of Mathematics. Only One Of Its Qualities Was Comparable To Anything Else; It Had The Warmth Of A Good Heart; But Its Taste, Its Smell, Its Feel, Were Not To Be Described In Words.

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