“The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind. Failure makes people bitter and cruel.”

—  W. Somerset Maugham, book The Summing Up

Source: The Summing Up (1938), p. 182

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British playwright, novelist, short story writer 1874–1965

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