Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character o…

W. Somerset Maugham
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Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
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No woman is worth more than a fiver unless you're in love with her. Then she's worth all she costs you. ✨ W. Somerset Maugham (2011). A Writer's Notebook, p.66, Random House
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