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Did Somerset Maugham say this?

posted 2001 by Tina

I once read a wonderful truism and would like to find it again. It said something like this--it is said that a man gains character by doing things he does not like to do. If that is the case, I must have great character because every day I do 2 things I hate to do--I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. I think it is from a novel by W. Somerset Maugham, but I'm not sure. Does anyone know the exact quote and source?

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Re: Did Somerset Maugham say this?  ·  posted 2003 by rabblerouser

Maugham very likely said something similar.However,I think the exact quote your looking for is more likely to be found in the work of G.B. Shaw