The Vicar of Blackstable would have nothing to do with the scheme which Philip laid before him. He had a great idea that one should stick to whatever one had begun. Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one’s mind.

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

Of Human Bondage, ch. 39 (1915)
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