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 What region of the earth is not full of our calamities?
 [Lat., Quae regio in terris nostri non plena read more 
 What region of the earth is not full of our calamities?
 [Lat., Quae regio in terris nostri non plena laboris.] 
Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
 Affliction is the good man's shining scene;
 Prosperity conceals his brightest ray;
  As night to stars, woe read more 
 Affliction is the good man's shining scene;
 Prosperity conceals his brightest ray;
  As night to stars, woe lustre gives to man. 
To bear other people's afflictions, everyone has courage and enough to spare.
To bear other people's afflictions, everyone has courage and enough to spare.
 Henceforth, I'll bear
 Affliction till it do cry out itself,
  'Enough, enough, and die.'  
 Henceforth, I'll bear
 Affliction till it do cry out itself,
  'Enough, enough, and die.' 
 With silence only as their benediction,
 God's angels come
  Where in the shadow of a great affliction,
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 With silence only as their benediction,
 God's angels come
  Where in the shadow of a great affliction,
   The soul sits dumb! 
 Affliction is not sent in vain, young man,
 From that good God, who chastens whom he loves.  
 Affliction is not sent in vain, young man,
 From that good God, who chastens whom he loves. 
I thank God for my handicaps, for through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.
I thank God for my handicaps, for through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.
When something [an affliction] happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.
When something [an affliction] happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.