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

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W. Somerset Maugham: "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."

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Bitter	Common	Contrary	Cruel
Egotistic	Erroneous	Failure	Humble
Idea	Kind	Makes	Making
Most	Part	People	Selfcomplacent
Spoils	Success	Them	Tolerant
Vain

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