It is not true suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive. (William Somerset Maugham, British novelist

• 痛苦使人格得到升华，这种说法并不确切。快乐有时也能做到，而痛苦，大多数情况下，会使人变得心胸狭窄且具有报复心。