There are men whose sense of humour is so ill developed that they still bear a grudge against Copernicus because he dethroned them from the central position in the universe. They feel it a personal affront that they can no longer consider themselves the pivot upon which turns the whole of created things.


"1901", p. 66 - A Writer's Notebook (1946)

W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

There are men whose sense of humour is so ill developed that they still bear a grudge against Copernicus because he dethroned them from the central...

There are men whose sense of humour is so ill developed that they still bear a grudge against Copernicus because he dethroned them from the central...

There are men whose sense of humour is so ill developed that they still bear a grudge against Copernicus because he dethroned them from the central...

There are men whose sense of humour is so ill developed that they still bear a grudge against Copernicus because he dethroned them from the central...