Quotes by William Somerset Maugham with suffering

William Somerset Maugham

English writer

Lived from: 1874 - 1965

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: United Kingdom

Born: 25 january 1874 Died: 16 december 1965

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• It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.

  ― William Somerset Maugham
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• We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.

  ― William Somerset Maugham
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Subjects in these quotes:

• resignation
• character
• happiness
• sometimes
• others
• petty

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