The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality, it is startled out of its comfortabl

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality, it is startled out of its comfortabl W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality, it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought and its first reaction is one of anger.

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