Quote by W. Somerset Maugham, The Summing

I knew that suffering did not enoble; it degraded. It made men selfish, petty and suspicious. It absorbed them in small things...it made them less than men; and I wrote ferociously that we learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.

I knew that suffering did not enoble; it degraded. It made m

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This quote suggests that suffering has a negative impact on individuals. The speaker expresses their belief that suffering does not make people stronger or noble, but rather diminishes them, making them self-centered, small-minded, and distrustful. The speaker emphasizes that they passionately wrote about the importance of learning acceptance not through personal suffering, but by empathetically witnessing and understanding the suffering of others.

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By W. Somerset Maugham, The Summing

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