The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people read more

The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.

For of Fortune's sharpe adversite,
The worste kynde of infortune is this,
A man to hav bent read more

For of Fortune's sharpe adversite,
The worste kynde of infortune is this,
A man to hav bent in prosperite,
And it remembren whan it passed is.

There is no greater sorrow
Than to be mindful of the happy time
In misery.
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There is no greater sorrow
Than to be mindful of the happy time
In misery.
[Lat., Nessun maggior dolore
Che ricordarsi del tempo felice
Nella miseria.]

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.

Hang sorrow, care 'll kill a cat.

Hang sorrow, care 'll kill a cat.

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

We have inherited new difficulties because we have inherited more privileges.

We have inherited new difficulties because we have inherited more privileges.

Oh, that was a good time, when I was unhappy.
[Fr., Oh c'etait le bon temps, j'etais bien malheureuse.]
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Oh, that was a good time, when I was unhappy.
[Fr., Oh c'etait le bon temps, j'etais bien malheureuse.]
- credited to Sophie Arnould,