W. Somerset Maugham Quotes:
Ocupation: Playwright
Life: January 25, 1874 - December 16, 1965
Birthday: January 25
Death: December 16
...I couldn't but surmise that the devil, looking at the cruel wars that Christianity has occasioned, the persecutions, the tortures Christian has inflicted on Christian, the unkindness, the hypocracy, the intolerance, must consider the balance sheet with complacency. And when he remembers that it has laid upon mankind the bitter burden of the sense of sin that has darkened the beauty of the starry night and cast a baleful shadow on the passing plesures of a world to be enjoyed, he must chuckle as he murmurs: give the devil his due.
source: W. Somerset Maugham (2008). “The Razor's Edge”, p.226, Random House
topic: Christian, War, Night, Starry Night, Balance Sheets
