“People are never so ready to believe you as when you say things in dispraise of yourself; and you are never so much annoyed as when they take you at your word.” — W. Somerset Maugham, A Writers Notebook
“People are never so ready to believe you as when you say things in dispraise of yourself; and you are never so much annoyed as when they take you at your word.” — W. Somerset Maugham, A Writers Notebook