W. Somerset Maugham quote: “What makes old age hard to bear…”

A quotation from the British playwright, W. Somerset Maugham

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What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one’s faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one’s memories.

– W. Somerset Maugham –

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This quote is by W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), British Playwright

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