This collection holds 839 painful quotes, drawn from writers, leaders, artists and thinkers across the QuoteForever archive. The most quoted voices here are W. Somerset Maugham, Will.i.am and Euripides.

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It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both ... - W. Somerset Maugham

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.

Romantic love is painful.

The life of men is painful.

Saving was slow and painful.

Growth is a painful process.

That's painful always to lose.

My joy is as painful as my pain.

Life is painful to be meaningful.

Growth is often a painful process.

It's a shame stupidity isn't painful.

Painful things are quickly forgotten.

Obedience is less painful than regret.

Living too long exacts a painful price.

Life is painful, suffering is optional.

Looking back doesn't have to be painful.

Grace changes us and change is painful".

Alas! how deeply painful is all payment!

Divorce is probably as painful as death.

Pleasure itself is painful at the bottom.

Surviving is much more painful than death.

The pilgrimage to Swaraj is a painful climb.

Love tends to end in a very painful goodbye.

But without painful experiences, we dont grow

It's so embarrassing and painful to be young.

It's painful to listen to the barking of dogs.

This is painful and it will be for a long time.

Where belief is painful we are slow to believe.

Even a painful longing is some form of presence.

When it's personal and painful, humble yourself.

People die because they find living too painful.

Awareness is a blissful state, not a painful one.

If life is an illusion it's a pretty painful one.

Collaboration is no longer painful - or precious.

Depression...so mysteriously painful and elusive.

Criticism is painful when it's not done with love.

The truth is like a scalpel. The truth is painful.

Worry itself is one of the most painful conditions.

I prefer a painful truth over any blissful fantasy.

I find it painful and angering to look in a mirror.

Racism is very painful. That's life. It never ends.

I find it painful and angering to look in a mirror.

I'm very painful to deal with when I create a shoe.

To this day writing is the most painful thing to do.

This writing wasn't painful. It was like being high.

Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.

The most painful thing for me is to be misunderstood.

We all have our painful pasts we have to get through.

It is painful to doubt the sincerity of those we love.

It's not the physical scars that are the most painful.

The people in Poland had to deal with painful reforms.

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