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She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) English novelist and playwright [William Somerset Maugham]

“The Creative Impulse” (1931)

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WIST - Maugham, W. Somerset | "The Creative Impulse" (1931)

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit. The original version of the story in Harper's Bazaar (Aug 1926) does not include this phrase. (The story may also be the origin of the phrase "who-done-it" /...